purity

The battle for purity is a battle for dominion. And your body is the domain in the balance.

Wait? Jesus wants me to learn from my kids about receiving?

  (Originally posted in March 2012. Enjoy!) It’s a form of fraud. A store offers a great item at a great price, but when you show up, that product is . . .

For any parent, having the “sex talk” with their kids is notoriously uncomfortable. In our home, we don’t.

We’re not too comfortable, it seems, with being real—particularly about the most painful, or sinful, or out-of-control parts of our lives. What if we were?

The internal struggle against sin is itself reason to hope. It’s evidence of the Master’s work in your heart, a spark of goodness within that wants to grow. But for . . .

For many men where I live, a handshake is the greeting of choice, sometimes even among close friends. One of my friends rejects this norm openly. If I reach out . . .

Follow these 5 easy tips if you want to be the kind of “friend” who doesn’t help someone grow at all.

We live in a culture addicted to relief. Whether aspirin, TV, workaholism, gossip, food, or porn, we run to relief at every turn. Why not? If we can experience relief now, why . . .

Four tips for leaders concerned with helping those who most need their leadership.