Posts in category For the Heart

In a previous post, I suggested that our natural tendency is to put other people somewhere along an imaginary line, stretched between the two poles …

The people whose examples stir me most are dead now—at least their bodies don’t live on the earth anymore. But I can still take walks with them by reading their biographies. Here are snippets from the writings of several men whose examples never fail to stir me, correct me, and excite my hunger for God.

If a recently married man told me, “Give me a few good reasons why I should move in with my wife,” I supposed I would …

Eight months ago, I went from having slightly concerning pains to needing emergency surgery. Eight months ago, I found out I would not meet our …

A big God makes sin a cross-sized problem. But no problem is too big for God’s all-abounding, all-cleansing, magnificent grace. I hope this week you’ll see past the cruel Romans, beyond the petty Pharisees, and through the fearful disciples to eternity’s finest display of love and grace: “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

My first encounter with the Chronicles of Narnia was Michael York’s unabridged audio recording of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I’m still struck …

Because Jesus died our sin, we are free to confess, and God is free to forgive.

It’s 6:30 AM and the alarm is screaming at you. Another voice inside your head screams that you need sleep. And there’s one more—it’s the …

So when do I overcome the struggle? Which morning do I wake up and no longer feel even the draw of sin and the world? It hasn’t happened for me yet. It probably hasn’t happened for you yet either. Because that wouldn’t be faith; it would be sight.

Pastor and theologian John Piper has a gift for simplifying profound truth with memorable little phrases that roll right off the tongue. This phrase is …