Growing Up Saved and Finding the True Love of Jesus

Growing Up Saved and Finding the True Love of Jesus

Growing Up Saved and Learning About Faith I’m three years old, sitting on the stairs at my aunt’s house during a family gathering. I’ve just said something funny, and my aunt takes out her camcorder to have me say it again. “Tell me what you said again, Kristen. Where...
Does God Like Me? Understanding God’s Love

Does God Like Me? Understanding God’s Love

Does God Like Me? Questions Many Christians Ask Psalm 139 helps us see how God’s intimate knowledge of us should bring us comfort. That, in essence, is the goal of this book: to understand the blessing of being known and loved by God so that we can live confidently in...
Easy Bible Study Method for Overwhelmed Believers

Easy Bible Study Method for Overwhelmed Believers

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed and exhausted that you couldn’t catch your breath? That was me in college. I was knee-deep academically, working toward my undergrad degree in biblical studies at the Moody Bible Institute in downtown Chicago. I was also on a “hamster...
Biblical Knowledge Attention Spans

Biblical Knowledge Attention Spans

Biblical Knowledge Attention Spans in a Distracted Age I was a pastor for a long time. Every week I went through the same cycle: Prep eagerly and earnestly, do my best in the pulpit, greet everyone after church, nap, and then immediately start thinking about next...
Your Life Is a Good News Story

Your Life Is a Good News Story

Living as a Good News Story in God’s Narrative If we want to become more of who God made us to be—both individually and collectively—we don’t need another new strategy for discipleship, we need a whole new narrative. Or rather, we need to return to the Good News...