1. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  2. Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
  3. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  4. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  5. Faith sees your neighbor not as a means to an end, not as a way to score points, but as an object of love: Christ's love and yours.
  6. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  7. What if Jesus had said on the cross, “Earn it”?
  8. It is of the utmost importance that pastors teach their congregation that through faith in Jesus Christ, they are fortified against the machinations of the adversary.
  9. I’ve experienced firsthand the promise that God never leaves a congregation empty-handed.
  10. The gospel tells me that the revelation of weakness in myself, my husband, and my son is the occasion for the revelation of God’s strength.
  11. God’s published will offers us anchorage, the anchorage of Jesus Christ, in the midst of chaos, reminding us that there is a greater purpose to our lives than the pursuit of worldly success or fleeting pleasures.
  12. If Jesus did not rise, then religion is just religion — a mere anthropological phenomenon.