Turning toward God and Away from Worry

Turning toward God and Away from Worry

Life gives us plenty to worry about these days. Pandemic. Racial unrest. Political uncertainty. Add to these shared national concerns our own personal list of anxieties, fears, and concerns, and some days we feel like we’re waging war against an unseen enemy. In...
Recognizing Hidden Pride

Recognizing Hidden Pride

One of our greatest challenges in growing in Christlike character is overcoming our enormous sense of pride. Before you balk at this statement, thinking, I’m not pompous. I don’t put on airs. I don’t possess things or accomplishments that others would envy. How can...
Trading our Fear for Jesus’ Peace

Trading our Fear for Jesus’ Peace

The days we’re living in are uncertain, to say the least. Pandemic. Increasing awareness of systemic racism. Civil unrest. Today’s headlines are enough to leave us quaking in fear. But God doesn’t want us to live afraid. He invites us to trade our fear for...
Grace and Peace

Grace and Peace

Paul begins most of his epistles—his letters to the churches he founded around Asia Minor—with this greeting, “Grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” It’s always the same two words—grace and peace. What’s so important about these two words?...