If you think God has promised this world will be a five-star hotel, you will be miserable as you live through the normal struggles of life. But if you remember that God promised we would be pilgrims and this world may feel more like a desert or even a prison, you might find your life surprisingly happy.

God's timing is rarely our timing.

If we truly long for revival, we will rejoice even when it starts at the church down the road.

Sincerity is a Christian virtue, as is honesty about our struggles. But my generation needs to realize that Christianity is more than chic fragility, endless self-revelation, and the coolness that comes with authenticity.

As Christians living in changing times, we must keep three things open: our heads, our hearts, and our Bibles.

We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator.

If the gospel is old news to you, it will be dull news to everyone else.