As one theologian has said, “If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.”

To offer a true apology, we need to scrub our cultural understanding of apologies. God has better for everyone involved in a conflict than, “I’m sorry if I hurt you.”

In this excerpt from the recently released book Faith in the Wilderness, author Victor Guo reminds readers that suffering is a test for us as Christians; it shows us whether or not we have cracks, whether or not we are counterfeit.

He doesn’t call this valley good, and he doesn’t expect you to do so either. He welcomes you to lament how sin has distorted this world and trust that he is faithful to lead you through.

Far too many Christians are wracked with guilt and shame as they ponder their sin. They may say they believe in a loving Father, but you wouldn’t know it by their obsession with their sin.

Christians are all exiles, pilgrims—sojourners in a strange land. None of us is home yet, and we all will need the Shepherd to carry us the rest of the way.

We can take comfort that while we may feel our prayers are unanswered, no child of God has ever prayed a prayer that went unheard.

Whatever mundane task you put your hands to today, for whatever length of time, you can experience glory in the ordinary.

When the gospel takes hold of a church both at the level of doctrine and at the level of the culture, that church starts to radiate with glory from above.

In this book excerpt from the recently released Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning in an Upside-Down World, author Russell Meek explains why Ecclesiastes is a book about faithful obedience to God and enjoyment of his gifts.

Shame may have felt like a good idea at the time, but its roots were too weak to sustain any real fruit in my life.

Hearers may recoil, offended by the message of a savior crucified for the sins of the world, yet believers are swans faithful to participate in sharing the good news of Jesus.