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Power is Power," Bryan says."People want anything they think will give them an edge.

Coffee, Tea, and Holy Water: One Woman's Journey to Experience Christianity Around the Globe

Could a body broken and blood spilled two thousand years ago restore my own damaged life?

At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy

Dusty, dark, cold, and hard, coal has no beauty of its own, but when it is consummated by fire it is beautiful and becomes what it was designed to be.

At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy

The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience.

Chaos and Grace: Discovering the Liberating Work of the Holy Spirit

Money almost always ends up disappointing. Buying things to give lasing satisfaction is an illusion. Money can't buy happiness. The people with the most money are often times the MOST miserable people.

On Christian Hot Topics

•Don't do yoga to get peace. It is possibly occultic. It seems innocent, but it can open a door to Satan in your life. I know this from personal experience. Seek God for peace, not things of this world.

On Christian Hot Topics

Jesus is supposed to be the Alpha and the Omega, but in the Bible he's neither. He's stuck in the middle like the letter Q.

Five Times More Jesus: Why Christians Should Decanonize the Old Testament

I believe that hospitality is central to the heart and ministry of Jesus and that to the extent we fail to extend this hospitality to gay people, the church will fail to walk in the way of Jesus.

Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church

The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner recesses of the heart.

Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Homosexuality, to the limited extent it was discussed in our church, was little more than a political football, a quick test of orthodoxy.

God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships

Belief compelled through fear is not belief, it is blind and forced obedience.

God Is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu...: God Dwells with Us, in Us, Around Us, as Us

Joy, I think, is the main fruit of the Spirit missing among Christians, and peace and self-control are the main fruits or qualities that seem to be missing among those who are not Christian.

How to Walk Worthy of Your Calling

In fact, the Devil is delighted when we spend our time and energy defending the Bible, as long as we do not get around to actually reading the Bible.

Believing God: Twelve Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept

I'm a dreamer and continue to dream of what can and will be, "Expecting great things from God, Attempting great things for God

Biography of William Carey - the Father of Modern Christian Missions

Today I wonder why it is God refers to Himself as 'Father' at all. This, to me, in light of the earthly representation of the role, seems a marketing mistake.

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

I know, from the three visits I made to him, the blended composite of love and fear that exists only in a boy's notion of his father.

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

In Luke's Gospel, Jesus is never unkind to the weak. He treats Martha with humiliating honesty, just as he would treat the male disciples.

Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women

Life *is* complex, and, in many ways, life *is* beyond our comprehension today...Sometimes important questions have maddeningly complex or inconvenient answers that neither satisfy nor soothe.

50 Simple Questions for Every Christian

Too often, our concept of pastors and church leaders reinforces rather than obliterates the sad state of family life in our current context.

Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches

The root of impatience in discipline is really the same as that of overindulgence. In both instances, parents want to make up for lost time, to speed up a process that takes time.

Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches

God has disclosed himself in descriptive terms that give us enough information to be able to know who he is, and he has hidden enough of himself for us to learn the balance between faith and reason.

Has Christianity Failed You?