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The Power of Right Division
There is a difference between knowing what the Bible says and knowing who the Bible is talking to. Early in His ministry, Jesus sent His disciples out with a specific instruction: "Do not go into the...
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What Does Agape Mean? Understanding God's Unconditional Love
The Greek language has four words for love. English has one. That single fact has caused more confusion about God than almost any theological debate in history. When a husband says "I love you" to his...
God Sees One Church, Even When We See Division
When God looks at His people, He doesn't see denominations.He sees a family. Elijah understood this.On Mount Carmel, Israel was divided-split into tribes, conflicted, scattered. Yet Elijah gathered tw...
When The Journey is Too Great
Burnout isn't always a sin. sometimes, it's just physics. We often try to push through our exhaustion because we think stopping is a sign of weakness. We tell ourselves to work harder, pray longer, an...
What Does the Bible Say About Burnout? Permission to Rest
A prophet called down fire from heaven, won a national showdown against 450 false prophets, and outran a king's chariot. The next day, he asked God to let him die. That is burnout. Not a lack of talen...
What Does the Bible Say About Depression? You Are Not a Failure of Faith
Elijah called down fire from heaven on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, he sat under a tree and asked God to let him die. That is not a story about weak faith. That is a story about a real prophet in a real b...
You are Never Too Lost
When we run away from our problems, we usually end up in the wrong place. Elijah ran from Jezebel until he reached Mount Horeb (Sinai). This was the mountain of the Law. God had not told him to go the...
What Does the Bible Say About Anxiety?
A psychiatric textbook and a Gospel say the same thing: live in the present moment. The difference is that the Gospel said it two thousand years earlier. Anxiety is not new. It is not a modern conditi...
The Trap of the Visible
It is one of the strangest contradictions in the Bible. In one moment, Elijah stands on Mount Carmel, calls down fire from heaven, and defeats an entire nation's false prophets. He is fearless. He dec...
God is closer than you think
There is a pervasive lie that many of us believe: We think God is only close to us when we are strong. We imagine that when we are full of faith, shouting victory, and moving mountains, God is right t...