Resources by Topic: Christian Life

Frank Laubach wrote, "Humble folks often believe that walking with God is above their heads, or that they may 'lose a good time' if they share all their joys with Christ. What a tragic misunderstanding to regard Him as a killer of happiness!"

In February 2017, Randy Alcorn was a speaker at the Linger Conference at Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas. In this video, he was a part of a panel discussing topics such as vulnerability, confessing sin, help for pastors, and much more. Others on the panel included Shane Bernard, Eric Mason, Chuck Swindoll and others. 

In February 2017, Randy Alcorn was a speaker at the Linger Conference at Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas. In this video, he was a part of a panel discussing topics such as vulnerability, confessing sin, help for pastors, and much more. Others on the panel included Shane Bernard, Eric Mason, Chuck Swindoll and others. 

In February 2017, Randy Alcorn was a speaker at the Linger Conference at Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas. In this video, he was a part of a panel discussing topics such as vulnerability, confessing sin, help for pastors, and much more. Others on the panel included Shane Bernard, Eric Mason, Chuck Swindoll and others. 

What things are truly worth our limited time and concentrated focus, because they’re not going to be thrown onto the next pile of trash or tossed into the thrift store donation box?

 The word translated “distracted” means “to be drawn about in different directions.” We are not distracted to something, but away from something. 

Life can be hard in very real and different ways. While our problems may be many and varied, there is one main solution: Jesus. And Jesus—no one and nothing else—is at the heart of Christmas. 

Biblical meditation doesn’t mean taking a few words taken out of context that we feel free to apply to our own lives in whatever random ways come to mind. We need to view the Bible as God coherently speaking to us in trains of thought. He is a master communicator, so He chose the words carefully.

I appreciate these challenging words from J. I. Packer about what it means to truly have a God-honoring “Christmas Spirit.”

Though the election is over, some of the hard feelings between Christians who disagreed with each other are not over. That makes this article by my friend Jon Bloom as relevant now as when he wrote it shortly before the election. 

A few times I’ve shared Jeremiah 29:11 on my Facebook page. The verse says, “I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope” (CEB). I always get some pushback on this. Recently a thoughtful reader asked, “But for whom and when does this apply? Is the context meant to include me/us?”

To me, there are not many joys comparable to that of leading someone to Christ. It’s thrilling and exhilarating.  May we all continually ask the Lord to give us opportunities to share His “good news of great happiness” (Luke 2:10).

In this post by my friend Jon Bloom, board chair and co-founder of Desiring God, he shares some helpful reflections on what humility looks like, and explains that we might sometimes be surprised by how it looks.

Lately I’ve been meditating on the familiar (and therefore neglected) words of Jesus in Matthew 11:28-30. Though I memorized the words as a new Christian 45 years ago, I have never pondered them as much as recently.