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May 19, 2016

By Izabella Lee

How to Love God (and Others) with Your Mind

In college, I spent countless hours studying: polishing essays, working through complex derivations, learning new vocabulary. In the busyness, I was often drawn back to the greatest commandment: “Honor the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.” I wondered especially about honoring God with my mind.

May 04, 2016

By Lisa Schrad

Praying Audacious Prayers

I’m trying to pray audacious prayers.

April 14, 2016

By Drew Larson

How to Start Reading the Bible Daily

There is a world of difference between knowing that we should do something and actually doing it, isn’t there?

April 02, 2016

By Jonathan Rice

Angels

While learning what people believe about religion may help us gain empathy for their various beliefs, we can learn the truth about angels only by studying what is said of them in the Bible. So what does the Bible say about angels?

March 26, 2016

By Julia Powers

What in the World Is Eternal Life?

What if eternal life is less about the continuation of time forever and more about the removal of the limitations of time forever? Less about the “ten thousand years” and more about the divine irrelevance of years?

March 24, 2016

By Lisa Schrad

4 Reasons Why We Need to Keep Looking at the Cross

Over the next few days, many of us will look more closely at the cross than we normally do. But we will likely not linger there long enough.

March 11, 2016

By Drew Larson

Breaking Out of the Spiritual Gifts Straitjacket

My friend Jennifer leaned over my cubicle wall.

“You know when my whole life changed?” she said to me. “When I realized I didn’t have to just bake cookies all the time.”

February 18, 2016

By Jonathan Rice

The Goodness of Creation

When natural disasters happen, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, or tornados, our world seems a hostile place.

February 13, 2016

By Drew Larson

The One Dating Question You’re Not Asking—but Should Be

We’ve all heard the stories at least once. Maybe we even know someone for whom the story is true.

Nice Single Christian meets Super-Duper Other Christian.

February 10, 2016

By Hilary K. Davis

10 Reasons Why Lent Is the Best Time of the Year

In the Protestant tradition in which I grew up we did not practice Lent (though many Protestant denominations do), but as an adult I have come to love Lent as my favorite season of the church calendar. Here are 10 reasons why.

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