Spiritual Growth

People with questions. The Bible is absolutely full of them. A crook on a cross. A wild man in a cemetery. A five-time divorcée. A despondent cripple. A grieving sister. A father at the end of his rope.Why are these portraits in the Bible? So we can look back in amazement at what Jesus ...

God's greatest desire is to be your dwelling place -- The home for your heart. He doesn't want to be merely a weekend getaway. He has no interest in being a Sunday bungalow or even a summer cottage. He wants to be your mailing address, your point of reference, your home ... always. He w...

¿Qué ocurriría si sacudiéramos al mundo con esperanza? Estos son días difíciles en la historia de nuestro mundo. Miles de millones de personas son pobres, y millones permanecen hambrientas o sedientas cada día. Las enfermedades cobran miles de vidas diariamente. Pero a ti y a mí se nos ...

These are difficult days in our world’s history.  Billions of people are poor, millions go hungry or thirsty every day.  Disease claims thousands of lives daily.  But you and I have been given an opportunity to make a big difference.  What if we did?  What if we rocked the world with ho...

Dear Friend, May I share a story that is very dear to my heart? It's a story of hillbillies and simple folk, net casters and tax collectors. A story of a movement that exploded like a just-opened fire hydrant out of Jerusalem and spilled into the ends of the earth: into the streets of...

Common people ... Story after story marked by scandal, stumble, and intrigue. Who are these people? They're the people of the Bible. And they're us. We find our stories in theirs. We find our hope where they found theirs. In the hands of an uncommon God. In the midst of them all ... hov...

Words of comfort and inspiration from Psalm 23 provide readers with hope to persevere through life’s daily challenges. In today's world it can be difficult to feel safe and secure. That's why in this revised and updated Safe in the Shepard's Arms, which has sold more than 475,000 units...

Cada amanecer parece traer nuevas razones para sentir temor. Se habla de despidos en el trabajo, disminución del ritmo de la economía, brotes de violencia en el Medio Oriente, bajas en el mercado de la vivienda, subidas en el calentamiento global. La plaga de la actualidad, el terrorism...

Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear. They're talking layoffs at work, slowdowns in the economy, flare-ups in the Middle East, turnovers at headquarters, downturns in the housing market, upswings in global warming. The plague of our day, terrorism, begins with the word te...