Why Does the World Feel So Broken?Romans 8:20–23Turn on the news for five minutes. Natural disasters. Disease. War. Broken families. Broken bodies. Broken hearts. It doesn't take long to realize somet...  Read More

When Today Hurts: Looking Beyond the PainRomans 8:18–19Pain has a way of shrinking our world. When you're facing illness, grief, financial pressure, or disappointment, it's easy to believe that today'...  Read More

This week, intentionally replace complaint with hope.Each day, meditate on one future promise from Romans 8:o Monday: My suffering is temporary (v.18).o Tuesday: God is making all things new (vv.19–22...  Read More

Heirs of GloryMost people spend a great deal of time thinking about their future. Will there be enough money? Will my health hold up? What difficulties might lie ahead? For believers, Romans 8 lifts o...  Read More

From Slaves to SonsMany Christians know they have been forgiven, but they still live like spiritual orphans.They wonder if God truly loves them. They fear He will eventually reject them. They constant...  Read More

Have you ever continued paying a debt that had already been canceled? Most of us would never do that financially. Yet many Christians do something similar spiritually. Christ has freed us from the dom...  Read More

The Fountain You Have Been Searching ForEvery person is thirsty.Some thirst for success.Others thirst for acceptance, security, love, pleasure, or peace.We spend our lives running from one well to ano...  Read More

Life in a Dying BodyEvery believer lives with a strange tension. On the one hand, we are saved, forgiven, justified, and made alive in Christ. On the other hand, we still live in bodies affected by th...  Read More

Who Lives Within You?There are many ways people try to measure their spiritual condition.Some measure it by church attendance. Others by family background. Others by whether they know the right answer...  Read More

The Unmistakable Sign of Life: Who Lives Within You?When you pull up to someone's home, how do you know if anyone is there? Maybe you notice cars in the driveway. Perhaps there's a light glowing in th...  Read More

The Danger of Knowing About Jesus but Missing Him CompletelyIt is possible to study a menu and still walk away hungry.You can memorize every description, understand every ingredient, and discuss every...  Read More

A Reflection from John 7:1–13It is possible to be close to holy things and still be far from Christ.That is one of the sobering lessons from the opening scene of John 7. Jesus is not surrounded only b...  Read More