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God is good all the time is one of the most repeated declarations in Christian worship, and one of the most tested in Christian life. The testing is what matters. Anyone can affirm the goodness of God on the morning of a good diagnosis, a reconciled relationship, or an unexpected financial provision. The declaration requires … Read more

The law of sowing and reaping is one of the most consistent principles in Scripture, and one of the most uncomfortable ones to sit with honestly. It is comfortable when applied to the good things: plant good seed, and you receive a good harvest. Sow generously and reap generously. Give, and it will be given … Read more

A relationship with God is not the same thing as a religion about God. Religion can exist at a distance. It can involve correct beliefs, consistent attendance, appropriate behavior, and the performance of the right rituals, all without any actual encounter with the person at the center of it. You can know everything about someone … Read more

The instruction to leave father and mother is one of the oldest statements in Scripture about the nature of marriage, and it is also one of the most consistently misunderstood. Genesis 2:24 records it immediately after God forms Eve and brings her to Adam. Before any covenant ceremony, before any social institution, before the development … Read more

The biblical case for working together is not a footnote in Scripture. It is one of its foundational structures. The Tower of Babel is often read as a story about human arrogance, which it is. But it also reveals something God himself observed about what becomes possible when people work in genuine coordination: nothing they … Read more

The love a parent has for a child is one of the few loves in human experience that requires nothing in return to remain fully operational. The child does not earn it. They arrive, and the love is already there, fully formed, organizing the parent’s entire interior world around a person who cannot yet contribute … Read more

Moving on is not the same as pretending it did not matter. The distinction is important because a great deal of unhealthy advice collapses these two things into one. Just move on is often code for stop feeling what you are feeling, which is neither honest nor achievable. The loss was real. The relationship ended. … Read more

Grandparents occupy one of the most significant positions in the biblical vision of family life, yet the culture consistently underestimates their role. They are not the footnote of the family story. In Scripture, the grandparent generation is the keeper of the testimony, the transmitter of the faith, the living evidence that God’s faithfulness extends across … Read more

The Bible does not use the word toxic, but it describes the behavior in detail and tells you exactly what to do about it. The manipulator, the slanderer, the perpetually angry person, the flatterer who wants something, the friend who cannot keep a confidence, the person who drains every room they enter and leaves destruction … Read more

Respect is not the same as agreement. It is not the same as approval. And it is certainly not the same as submission to whatever someone demands. Biblical respect is the recognition of the inherent dignity that exists in every person by virtue of how they were made. Genesis 1:27 established it: God created human … Read more