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When I was a kid, the Bible was a collection of wondrous, miraculous bedtime stories about God and his famous people who lived long ago. But as I grew older, I walked away from bedtime stories [...]

I'm just going to come right out and say it: applying the Bible to our lives is overrated. When we apply it to Jesus instead, we unlock unexpected insights that prove to be more valuable than [...]

I didn’t even hesitate when I saw the subject line in my inbox with the words “The most powerful way to unclutter your life," I was promptly lured into a click. Within minutes I was reading the [...]

Lately I've been noticing a trend: in the midst of increasingly-present smartphones, tablets, TV's, and gaming devices, I've been spotting more and more people taking breaks from media, and I [...]

It's easy for us to mold Jesus into our ideas about him, but Rick shares in this video that these ideas about Jesus are flawed. The only way to really know Jesus is...

Always an overachiever, I bought a day planner in October to get a head start on goal-setting for the new year. I’m normally not a goal person, but lately I’ve been feeling like I could use some [...]

I got the "read, study and apply" method, but I didn't get what "hearing from God" was all about. How would I know if it was me or him? What if I got it wrong and then it got me into trouble? [...]

  If goals are the prom queen of culture, then habits are its wallflower cousin with secret ninja skills. What I mean is that goals get a lot of attention. They’re touted as the tool that [...]

Buzzing smartphones, crammed calendars, and those tempting blue tins full of sugary butter cookies are among the many things vying for our attention during a busy holiday season; each one invites [...]