Practical Applications

• 

  What Really Makes A Home ‘Christian?’ Hint: It’s Not About What Your Children Are Doing Lifegiving parenting is not about changing the culture we live in but about being a counterculture to it. Sally and Clay Clarkson May 15, 2018
• 

  What Makes a Woman Marriage Material In looking at my own relationship with my wife and the relationships of those around me, I’ve noticed that here are three traits that make a woman marriage material. John Fileta May 14, 2018
• 

  What to Do When Your Spouse Feels Like a Roommate In the midst of hectic mornings and busy nights, does your husband feel more like a stranger than a spouse? Jenny Schermerhorn May 14, 2018
• 3 Things We Get Very Wrong about Church Leadership When we think wrongly about leadership in the church, the church suffers. Jared Olivetti May 11, 2018
• What to Remember When Prayer Feels Like a Chore Remembering the kind of Father we can come to will draw us to real prayer. Anne Woodcock May 10, 2018
• The Most Respectable Sin in the Christian Community Workaholism is probably the most respectable sin in the Christian community, and maybe especially among pastors. In this Harvard Business Review podcast (and transcript) Nancy Rothbard, a... David Murray May 09, 2018
• Studies Reveal Demographic with Highest Rate of Happiness Years ago, the television series “Life Goes On” portrayed a teenager named Corky who had Down syndrome. The starring role was played by a young man with Down syndrome, and many people were touched by his... Randy Alcorn May 09, 2018
• Why it's Time to Unplug Your Family Children ages 8 to 18 spent an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes a day consuming media for fun, including TV, music, video games and other content. Now the American Academy of Pediatrics is calling for a... Dr. James Emery White May 08, 2018
• 10 Ways Parents Can Show Children How to Walk with God God’s purpose for our lives runs adjacent to His plan. When, as parents, we acknowledge the hand of God on the direction of our lives, we can then turn and lead our children to seek His path and purpose for... Meg Bucher (Megs) May 08, 2018
• When Your Spouse Makes You Walk on Eggshells Safety is a requirement for a healthy relationship. What happens when you feel constantly unsafe in your marriage? Dr. David B. Hawkins May 07, 2018
• How to Rekindle the Marriage Romance Have you been married awhile, but you feel miles apart from your husband? Maybe you’re newly married but you already feel the honeymoon is over.  Those days of butterflies in your stomach,... Cindi McMenamin May 07, 2018
• 10 Ways to Pray Without Ceasing “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, ESV).Impossible, right? Maybe in the olden days,... Kelly O'Dell Stanley May 04, 2018