Intentionally Seeking Your Personal Discipleship in Christ

Intentionally Seeking Your Personal Discipleship in Christ

I’ve gained a new understanding of personal discipleship with Christ over the last year or so. Maybe not so much new as it is better, deeper, or more refined. On a basic level, personal discipleship is simply learning to be more like Christ. A simple concept, yes, but...
Heavenly Reward and Our Greater Capacities for Happiness

Heavenly Reward and Our Greater Capacities for Happiness

We often speak of a heavenly reward. It’s usually said in relation to the phrase “you can’t take it with you.” The “it” in this case is all the stuff we acquire in life. Our homes, cars, clothes, gadgets, toys… even our money. This stuff is stuff we...
Why We Must Strive for a Healthy Perspective of Shame

Why We Must Strive for a Healthy Perspective of Shame

I don’t know how it goes in other countries, but the U.S. culture certainly has an interesting relationship with the concept of shame. On the one hand, it seems that nobody has any shame. In addition, people are constantly thrusting themselves into attention seeking...