Following Jesus requires readiness, resourcefulness, and vigilance.

Some students of Christian ethics make a distinction between the general standards of Christian conduct and what are called “counsels of perfection,” suggesting that the former were prescribed for the rank and file of Christians while the latter could...

Did Jesus really tell people to hate their own family and even themself in Luke 14:26? If God is a God of love, isn't Jesus contradicting himself? What was Jesus really saying about relationships and love in this passage?

One of the things that Jesus said that really confused people was that "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you." (John 6:53). What in the world did He mean and why does it...

Why did Jesus speak in parables? Like some of his original listeners, people today find Jesus’ sayings hard. Some sayings are “hard” because they are difficult to understand. Others are “hard” because the demands they make on our lives are only too...

Sometimes prayer can feel like one-way communication. But Daniel helps us explore some components of prayer that may help you and I experience breakthrough in our conversation with God.

There’s something powerful about keeping our practices in place when trouble comes into our lives...

God is always at work for our redemption and for his justice. Both, God's justice and His love will prevail. We are called to speak these truths in the world, especially when His justice or love seem distant or slow in coming.

Have you ever had an episode of insanity? Daniel 4 gives testimony of a king who lost and regained his sanity. The message invites us to living in our right minds, worshiping the God Most High and to testify of his activity in our lives.

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Unjust suffering is another degree of pain that sends us closer to the edges of our human limitations. How we process such intense times is vital to our well-being.