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...

Around that same time, I came across survey data that felt deeply connected to that shift: non-Christians tended to view Jesus quite favorably—but did not hold the same view of His followers. The most common reason? A perceived lack of integrity. In simple terms:...

Most leaders I know don’t struggle with laziness.They struggle with not knowing how to rest. After a hard season, I recently tried to “get back to work”—to rebuild momentum, push forward, and operate at full speed again. But instead of clarity and energy… I crashed....

Lately, I’ve had several meaningful conversations with friends who are wrestling with their experience of God. A common thread keeps surfacing: the frustration that God doesn’t seem willing to meet them on their terms. I’ve been sitting with that. Because when we look...