All my friends are dead. Don’t worry, it’s just the title of a book—a spoofy children’s book for adults. There’s a drawing of a...

The cereal aisle will murder you. Don’t believe me? Go live in another country for a few months, especially one that doesn’t have...

Choosing the right road trip companions can mean the difference between life and death. Maybe I just say that because I recently spent...

So, this could be a terrible idea for an article. But here goes. I don’t know how to send marketplace missionaries. And that’s a problem....

Imagine you’re sitting in a coffee shop reading your Bible. Each time you take a sip of your coffee, you notice a stranger staring at...

Each Christmas my family has a tradition of watching a little known movie called The Nativity Story. We love it not just because it...

I love teaching adults their shapes. They really think they know them. “What’s this?” I ask, drawing a shape on the whiteboard. “Duh—a...

I just finished reading Jeremiah and Lamentations. Boy am I glad that’s over. Ever feel that way? If it weren’t for reading plans, there...

This may be prayed alone, but could be more beneficial alongside fellow petitioners. Items in bold should be spoken together. O God who...

Think before you post. Just four words, but instantly you know what I’m talking about. It may sound similar to the old ways of saying it:...

So, I live in a seminary town—people like to debate theology, and everybody wants to drop the mic. One day, as egg-headed banter was...

The following liturgy was adapted from “A Liturgy for Grieving a National Tragedy” in Every Moment Holy, Volume II: Death, Grief, and...

One of my most thrilling moments as a missionary was the first time I shared the gospel in another language. If you know anything about...

No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there is someone who hasn’t heard it once. Oswald J. Smith Occasionally it hits me...

Soldiers go home seeking long and happy lives in peace. In this world, however, there is no such thing for me. This is a quote from some...

Last week I was on a personal retreat at a little monastery. With my Bible and journal in hand, I tiptoed away to the surrounding knobby...

Not long ago I had a conversation with the editorial director of one of today’s most highly trafficked Christian websites. I thanked him...

Let’s be honest—saying goodbye stinks. Not the everyday goodbyes. I’m talking about the kind that make us like a child watching her first...

O God who saw a world to fill with glory And then made it by your word You have seen a new world to fill with glory Poured in by Christ...

When Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that he wanted to put Dubai on the map with something really sensational, he wasn’t...