I recently told a group of fifth graders that it is actually possible they might never die. I wasn't joking. I wasn't trying to be provocative. One of them had asked a sincere question, and I answered it with a straight face. "Yes," I said. "And it is actually...

When we talk about “being a missionary,” most of us immediately picture something that feels far removed from our everyday lives. It’s usually someone other than us—someone in a distant country, in an uncomfortable environment, doing something we would never imagine...

On December 7, 1941, aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, aiming to cripple the United States Pacific Fleet in a single blow. In the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto reflects on the moment...

Have you ever stopped to think about how the Gospel made its way to you?
You can probably name the person who most influenced your faith—the one who shared the Gospel with you, prayed with you, answered your questions, or invited you to church. But how did the Gospel come to them? How did it make its way to your city, your nation, your language, your family?

It’s fascinating to consider how easily the faith we now know as Christianity could have failed to take root in its earliest days. In the book of Acts, we witness the birth of The Way — a movement within Judaism centered on Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah foretold...

Many of us would point first to His death and resurrection—and rightly so. Others would say He came to show us how to live and to teach us the way of God—and that’s true as well. But neither answer fully captures the scope of His mission. Why did Jesus invest so...

I’ve written before that as followers of Jesus, we live submitted to a King—and that submission requires obedience. But I’m not convinced the Great Commission is best described as a command… even though we must obey it. I believe it’s more than that. It’s a mandate....

Tucked inside that question is an assumption that can quietly erode faith—the idea that life operates like a formula: do good, be good, earn God’s favor, receive His blessing. But that’s not the world Scripture describes. And when that assumption meets reality, it can...

I’ve always believed in the importance of hearing from God. Over the years, I’ve had moments where He spoke clearly at just the right time. But if I’m honest—I hadn’t cultivated it as a discipline. Last year, as I struggled in the middle of a major life crisis and the...