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Developing Emotional Intimacy

Romance and infatuation may initially require little effort, but experiencing deep, long-lasting, intimate love requires a passionate pursuit.

Reentering the Dating Scene After Divorce

When reentering the dating scene after divorce, it must be according to God’s standards.

When No One Is Wrong: A Response to the Interfaith Movement

“Interfaith dialogue” is a pluralistic attempt to find common ground in the values and goals of various religions. Is this something evangelicals should pursue?

How to Pray Every Day

Here’s a creative, helpful way to have a place for each prayer request so you can be sure to pray every day.

Making Time to Pray

Prayer honors God, builds your faith and helps you see things from the Lord’s perspective. Will you take the time to pray?

Practical Wisdom

When we focus so much on the world’s idea of wisdom, we kill off our connection to God’s truth.

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Forgiving: Receiving and Giving

God forgives you just because He loves you. But He didn’t have to forgive; He chose to forgive, compelled by an innate, deep and abiding love.

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Defending the Faith

Some people — even self-proclaimed Christians — today have one basic belief about the Bible — that it shouldn’t be believed! But things didn’t used to be that way. Prior to the late 20th century, virtually all people who claimed to be Christians understood Scripture to be inspired and preserved — in other words, sacred. …

Trusting: Let God Do the Driving

I don’t know about you, but I have never had any success trying to boss someone around while attempting to trust them simultaneously. Trying to be in control and relinquishing control at the same time just doesn’t work.

Necessity of Family Bible Time

In today’s technological, fast-paced culture, it’s hard to find spare time. But when it comes to spending time with your family studying the Bible, finding time is absolutely necessary.

Living the Adventure

When you step into what Christ made you and onto the path He set before you, the joy is deep and the adventure real.

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How to Study the Bible In-Depth

Hermeneutics. Eisogesis. Exegesis Those may sound intimidating, but they’re part of anyone’s toolbox for doing an in-depth study of the Bible for a greater knowledge of God’s Word.

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Three Lies About Premarital Sex

Is premarital sex a sin? Is Scripture becoming outdated and archaic in light of today’s cultural views concerning premarital sex? Here are three important things to consider when making a decision about sex and marriage.

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Probing the Problems of Prayer

Most of us have encountered problems in our prayer lives to one degree or another. Maybe God did not answer our prayer [1]. Or we encountered a moral dilemma such as should we pray for or against enemies? Perhaps we wonder whether or not prayer is worth bothering about. After all, if everything is already …

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What About Those Who Have Never Heard?

This is not to say it’s not a legitimate question (it is), but the motivation is not always a sincere desire to get an answer.

Seeing Her With New Eyes

For the first time, I could see her generosity and great kindness reflected in Christ. What kind of jerk would dismiss that?

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The Power of Your Story

Some people love stories as long as they belong to someone else. They are simply too scandalized by their own life and heritage.

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First Steps in the Christian Life

As a new Christian you may find yourself unsure as to what your next steps should be.

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Learning From the Prayer Life of Jesus

Isn’t it interesting that out of all the disciples only one of them asked Jesus to teach them to pray? It sometimes seems the church is in a similar situation today regarding prayer. We talk about prayer, we study prayer, we say our prayers, but how many of us actually seek earnestly for God to …

Living in Reality

From the simple to the complex, we misinterpret reality more often that we’d like to admit. Sometimes the stakes are small, but when it comes to worldview questions the stakes are high and faulty beliefs can cost us dearly. That’s why living in reality—the topic of this article—is so important.