Articles on The Christian Life

Podcast: How Reverence Changes the Way You Worship, Suffer, and Grow (Laura Story)

Laura Story discusses the importance of reverence towards God and how it helps us through suffering, changes our worship, and is the soil for spiritual growth.

Podcast: You Can’t Do It All (And That’s Good News) (Winfree Brisley)

Winfree Brisley discusses common challenges that Christians face and what it means for our ultimate source of strength to come from the Lord.

​​Kids Need to Lament Too

Alyson Punzi

It’s helpful to describe lament as going to God because of who he is—his character—and crying out to him about what it feels like to live in a broken world.

Podcast: Fighting for Wisdom in a World Flooded with Knowledge (Matthew Harmon)

Dr. Matthew Harmon discusses how wisdom helps us grow in our relationship with God and makes us more like Christ, the embodiment of true wisdom.

Podcast: Are We Enjoying Life as Much as God Wants Us To? (Ray Ortlund)

Ray Ortlund encourages Christians to live a life of embodied holiness through boldly enjoying God’s creation.

Podcast: The Anti-Self-Help Message for Real and Lasting Change (Tim Chester)

Tim Chester examines the way in which Christians change and how we can narrow the gap between our head and heart to accomplish real lasting change.

Podcast: What Is the Purpose of Our Pain? (Keith Krell)

Keith Krell discusses the many reasons God allows suffering and how this pain can bring us closer to the Lord.

How God’s Word Offers Us Freedom from Shame

Uche Anizor

Shame is, effectively, a public disgrace. When we think about shame, we’re thinking about three audiences. There’s God, there are fellow believers, and there are outsiders.

Will God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle?

Keith R. Krell

During a severe trial, you can almost count on a fellow believer saying, “Remember, God will never give you more than you can handle.” It’s usually meant to comfort. But often it does the opposite.

Podcast: Three Ways to Worship the Lord Beyond Sunday Morning (Emily Jensen)

Emily Jensen shares what worship means and some practical ways that it can extend beyond Sunday mornings and into everyday tasks.