Resources by Topic: Christian Life

On my bike rides I’ve been listening to the wonderful audio version of a book that deeply affected me when I was a young teenage Christian in the 1970s. It’s J. I. Packer’s classic, Knowing God.

The Lord does not call us merely to release our anxiety to Him, but to willingly cast it upon Him—and not some of it, but all of it. God wants us to trust Him in both the big things and the little things.

When speaking at a Major League Baseball conference several months ago, I recorded a podcast with Sports Spectrum. Host Jason Romano (formerly with ESPN) and I talked about ministering to professional athletes and the struggles that fame and fortune can bring. While few of us are pro athletes, many of the principles still apply.

It sounds like where the tension comes in is whether or not you should observe the Sabbath on Saturday or Sunday. Paul actually addresses this very issue in Romans 14.

Our Lord transforming human hearts, through stunning acts done daily around the globe, is every bit as miraculous as Jesus transforming water into wine. In fact, these redemptive acts make the dividing of the Red Sea, the falling walls of Jericho, and the raising of Lazarus from the dead actually pale in comparison.

While Scripture does not say as much as we’d like about circumstance-control, it says a great deal more than we like about self-control. 

God gives each of us a race to run. To finish well we must develop perseverance. The Christian life is not a hundred-meter dash but a marathon, requiring patience, endurance, and discipline. But how do we find the strength to finish our race well? 

If you haven’t yet checked out John Piper’s amazing LABS (Look at the Book), I encourage you to do so. Here are two that I watched in the past few days and think are terrific.

With graduation season almost upon us, here are four pieces of advice for both high school and college graduates (and reminders for all of us, in any stage of life).

Question from a reader: What about the chronically ill who are unable to attend any services? I’m also too ill to even have someone from a church come to visit regularly for fellowship and prayer.

The key is this: when the animal is suffering and you can sense they no longer are hanging on to life, you don’t want to let it go any longer. 

I’ve mentioned before my profound appreciation for New Orleans Saints tight end Benjamin Watson. He wrote an article about our call to finish life well, to God’s glory. I was encouraged by what he wrote, and hope you will be, too.

When I blogged about my depression several years ago, a few people expressed shock that someone who had written about subjects such as grace and Heaven could ever be depressed.

One of my favorite bloggers, Tim Challies, linked to a fascinating article in his daily A La Carte feature. Here are some notable sections from it about the impact smartphones are having on our lives and minds.