Christians Aren't Victims An unfortunate and often devastating fact of life is that people will sometimes hurt you. They may mistreat and misunderstand you. Our world is full of villains, and that’s why there are many victims. But even if someone legitimately hurts you deeply, you must not stay in a victim mindset. The victim mindset will hurt you far worse than whatever the villains in your life have done to you. A person who tells himself that he is a victim is also a perso

The book of 1 Corinthians is well-known as a rebuke letter. It is strong, confrontational, and direct. However, though it is lesser known...

How to be Strong in Uncertainty Uncertainty can be intimidating. Not knowing what’s going to happen is often scary. You feel like you’re free-falling through life. Maybe your uncertainty is financial. “How am I going to pay the bills? What if I lose my job?” Maybe your uncertainty is relational. “What if my spouse leaves me in death or through divorce? Or what if the relationship with one of my children deteriorates?” Human relationships can sometimes be extremely volatile an

Most of the sins we are conscious of are sins of commission: wrongs we commit. Eight of the Ten Commandments are statements about what...

Sin is the transgression of God’s law (1 John 3:4). If you or I act in a way that we know violates God’s Word, we have sinned. However,...

I love our country, but I don’t trust many of its current leaders. My gratitude for this country is rooted in its biblical foundation,...