1: “It’s harder to confess in areas where I am proficient,” Terry Looper writes in his book Sacred Pace: Four Steps to Hearing God and Aligning Yourself With His Will.

“If I’m already pretty good at something, I get in this mindset that I don’t need the Lord,” Terry observes. “I may not even think about Him when troubles arise, simply because I’m a pro at this; I can … continue reading

1: When we reflect on the disasters and atrocities of the last 100 years, it is easy to be discouraged.

“It is more a mood than a coherent set of beliefs,” Tim Keller writes in Every Good Endeavor. “There is far more cynicism about all truth claims and plans for society—both older traditional ones and more modern, liberal ones,” he observes. 

“Movies and novels about the future in the … continue reading

How to connect our work to a higher purpose

1: In the first chapter of the Bible, God tells us: “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.  Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground” (Genesis 1:28).

This command is often called the “cultural mandate,” writes Timothy Keller asks in E… continue reading

1: “If God came into the world, what would he be like?” minister and author Phillip Jensen asks.

“For the ancient Greeks, he might have been a philosopher-king,” Phillip suggests. “The ancient Romans might have looked for a just and noble statesman.”

The Bible provides a different answer, Timothy Keller writes in Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work. “In Genesis we see God as a gardener, … continue reading