Am I getting braver, or just getting accustomed to being terrified?

Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.

It's dangerous faith in our untamed Savior that leads us to the joy we crave.

To turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to do it in a way that doesn't glorify people, we must hear each other's stories about giving or else our people will not learn to give.

In the midst of prosperity, the challenge for believers is to handle wealth in such a way that it acts as a blessing, not a curse.

Am I getting braver, or just getting accustomed to being terrified?

This is one of the great paradoxes of suffering. Those who don't suffer much think suffering should keep people from God, while many who suffer a great deal turn to God, not from him.