Eternity: Where God makes all things new and all things right! What awaits – A home for God’s family. In the book Knowing Joy and Peace in a Fallen World, we focused on this life, and how (through God’s grace) we can know true happiness. That’s our great challenge, and that’s God’s great promise. We’ve…
The Oldest Questions: Does God Exist and Does God Care? The existence of God and the intentions of God are perhaps the two most ancient questions in all of history. It’s something we’ve been arguing about since the beginning, and it will continue to be a source of contention until eternity begins. It’s also important…
Our Great Mistake: Pursuing Temporary Distractions From Unhappiness What’s the greatest mistake anyone can ever make? If we were to step way, way back, and try to take an objective look at the world we live in and single out the most foolish thing we all sometimes do while living here, it might be: We…
Spiritual Crises – What to do when your spiritual life is shattered Let’s take a look at the words of some of the greatest figures in the Bible… Numbers 11:4-15 “The rabble with them (the Exodus generation of Israelites) began to crave other food (than manna), and again the Israelites started wailing and said, ‘If…
Healing Three Plagues – Regret for the Past, Fear of the Future, and Daily Addictions As we grow older and experience both isolated and repeat failures in our lives, we often become plagued by three very harmful things: Regret for the past, fear of the future, and daily addictions. These afflictions grow in the leaf…
How to be free from (unhealthy) feelings of Guilt! Feelings of guilt can be a two edged sword, with both good qualities and bad qualities. On the good side, we absolutely should feel guilty after we do something wrong. Our conscience should sting a little bit or a lot, depending on the severity of our…