As beautiful as certain past experiences can be, the moment they stop us from living fully in the present, they become a problem. 

Humility is one of the most difficult Christian virtues both to define and obtain. What is it exactly? How can we tell if we’re succeeding in becoming more humble?

Our modern culture has many metrics by which we measure the value of another person, and to some degree, these ideas have worked their way into the church. 

Hope, like the word ‘love’, gets used in many different ways, so how do we understand what biblical hope is?

Scripture calls believers the light of the world; despite this, we’re often troubled by sin and struggles, so how do we live out this calling? 

As Christians, we often struggle with the dilemma of cultural relevancy pitted against cultural ‘purity.’ How do we honor God while living in a society that definitively does not? 

How much do I actually believe all of the Bible’s commands? The truth comes out when I have the opportunity to put them into practice. 

The Holy Spirit makes it possible for us to know God, but he definitely doesn’t answer all of the questions or automatically let us in on all the secrets, so do we just let parts of the Bible stay a mystery? 

The recent film Northman is a surreal saga of one man’s revenge quest amid Norse myth and relentless brutality. The main character witnesses his father and then half of his hometown be murdered by his uncle and uncle’s followers. He barely escapes, only to witness his mother being carried off by the traitors.

An existence under the law has a certain straightforwardness to it, but it will always lack the actual life and power of a true relationship with God.