1. Don’t get in the habit (or, if you already do it, get out of the habit) of saying, “I could never talk about these things the way my pastor does.”
  2. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  3. 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.
  4. There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
  5. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  6. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  7. If poetry elevates its subject, we could also say the reverse: the subject, in this case, the Most High God, elevates the language.
  8. 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.
  9. What if Jesus had said on the cross, “Earn it”?
  10. I’ve experienced firsthand the promise that God never leaves a congregation empty-handed.
  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. The existence of aliens can not negate the promise given to us by God courtesy of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.