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What if the key to becoming a more patient, present, and peaceful parent isn't adding more, but giving something up?

While the Bible doesn’t mention Ash Wednesday specifically, the celebration has great value for Christians as it reminds us of the humility with which we should approach God. 

We celebrate Holy Communion because Christ commanded his disciples to do it as a remembrance of him and what he was about to do. It was to be an act of worship.

When we get back to this mission and are willing to lay aside all the things that distract us from what Jesus commands us to do, then we will see an outpouring of God’s Spirit in this nation. Without that, we will scratch and claw and fight, but...

Wearing a "Stay Salty" t-shirt is one thing—actually living as the salt of the earth is another. How do we move from catchy Christian slogans to a life of deep, committed discipleship? James Spencer explores the lifelong process of learning to...

Most Christians aren’t aware of the amazing history of Celtic Christianity. Looking at these ancient Christians and their dedication to faith, we can find incredibly relevant lessons for our culture today.

Each year, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. In 2025, Ash Wednesday will be on March 5th. Ash Wednesday focuses the Christian’s heart on repentance and prayer, usually through personal and communal confession. 

From the beginning, the Bible reveals the importance of sacrifice and blood when instituting covenants. These blood covenants continue to show up throughout Israel’s history to the time of Jesus. Why are blood covenants so crucial to the Gospel...

After Christ returns and defeats evil, Satan is imprisoned. Then, after 1,000 years, God releases the Devil again to wreak havoc. Why would he do this?

In a culture obsessed with fame, fortune, and self, following Jesus often feels like swimming upstream. This article unpacks how Christians can resist the pull of pride and materialism by living selflessly, walking in the Spirit, and finding...

In addition to receiving an ash cross on our forehead, services also have an Ash Wednesday prayer. Whether you, as a pastor, need ideas for the prayer, or you as a laity want to pray with your family before or after the Ash Wednesday service,...

While there is a forensic explanation for the blood and water that flowed from Jesus’ side when He was pierced, there is also a deeply spiritual significance to this event.

God does not repent, or change His mind, in the way we humans do, but simply seeks our highest good, even when we deserve nothing but His judgment. He is perfect, holy, good, all-knowing, and is completely immune to all error and sin.

Asking Jesus into our hearts and to reside there is not deliberately stated in the Bible. However, Jesus is already in our hearts regardless if we consciously pray for Him to be there or not, but only if we believe in Him, receive Him, and repent...

When we think of “repentance,” we instantly connect it with asking for forgiveness of a sin. But God’s “repentance” is not an acknowledgement of any failure. God’s His plan does not change even though the course may be altered in order to...

Eventually, all of us will have moments where we turn away from God. But is there time to turn back after we've been backsliding for a while?

There are a few passages in the Bible that have been known to spur on a crisis of faith. One of them is when God commanded the Israelites to wipe out the Amalekites—seemingly women and children included. But is there more to the story here?

Does the Bible mention narcissists? If so, what does the Bible say about them?

The term dust is used 16 times in the book of Job. The idea associated with dust is that it is “nothing.” Dust is associated with lowliness or humility. When Job repented in dust and ashes, he was repenting in humility.

The prophet Joel may not be the most colorful character in the Old Testament, but his words still resonate today. What can we teach us about learning form our mistakes and hoping in the future?