Articles by Uche Anizor

What Comes to Mind When You Think About the Bible?

Uche Anizor

The shape of our worship and the course of our lives are dictated by our sense of what God is like. What if this is equally true regarding our view of Scripture, God’s word?

The Word Is Food for Our Souls

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The word of God is food for our souls. We regularly sing songs that emphasize our dependence on God for sustenance.

What Is True Blessedness?

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In our culture, to be blessed is to have something you know many others would want or something you know is beyond the experience of the average person.

Help! Reading the Bible Feels More Like a Chore Than a Delight

Uche Anizor

I have become increasingly convinced that some of our resistance to the Bible is rooted in our failure to really see it for what it is fundamentally: a gift.

Has Grief Led You to Apathy?

Uche Anizor

Is there something great or small you’re currently grieving? Have you processed that grief before God or other people? Is this grief making you numb?

‘Seinfeld’ Showed Me How We Got Here and Why I Don’t Care

Uche Anizor

The paradox of apathy is that we are captivated by the things we don’t really care about and are lukewarm to the things that, in our heart of hearts, mean the most to us.

Excited about Christmas, Less So about Christ

Uche Anizor

As Christians, we sometimes find ourselves excited about Christian things, but surprisingly indifferent to Christ.

Help! I’ve Stopped Caring about the Things of God

Uche Anizor

I imagine all Christians sometimes feel like we don’t love God enough, don’t read our Bibles enough, don’t pray enough, don’t evangelize enough, and so forth. And there’s a sense in which we are largely correct.

Is Doubt the Backstory Behind Your Apathy?

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While I am consoled somewhat by the fact that doubts are normal and potentially formative, they still feel like what Lewis calls an emotional “blitz” on my belief.

Passionate about the Trivial and Apathetic about the Vital

Uche Anizor

The paradox of apathy is that, for the spiritually apathetic, there is an inverse relationship between the greatness of a truth and our emotional and practical response to it.