David Murray asks “Why do we take our individual, personality, character, gifts, or calling and make that the sum total of godliness for everyone else?” After numerous examples of what he means, he sums up: “Godliness should be measured not so much by what comes easiest to us but by the progress we’re making in …
The joys of advancing years include a more necessary interest in personal health. Stanley Gale observes that, by contrast, an individual’s spiritual health can be in jeopardy at any age, and that there are a number of commonly observable conditions that precede a breakdown in faith. From Gale’s post: What are the signs of spiritual …
Our human hearts were once described as factories that produce idols. Jared Wilson points out that production can continue in the life of the Christian, and can occur in the settings in which we gather for worship each week. From his post: On Sundays, our sanctuaries fill with people seeking worship, and not one person …
Jen Oshman writes about the product of a tendency to desire a comfortable, easy to manage life – a comfortable easy to manage God. From the article: There’s a destructive cycle often lived out in Western, wealthy Christianity – and in my own heart. Here’s the cycle: We Christians believe we have a small calling, …
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