Practical Applications

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  What You Need to Know about the Church and Global Terrorism Songs and prayers of lament for the world instruct our congregations in appropriate ways of grieving and longing in the body of Christ. Liz Kanoy Jun 22, 2017
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  Why Does God Ask Us to Do Hard Things? It is in our nature to want the reasoning behind the difficulties we experience. We look and long for a lesson within the pain, a redemptive purpose, and a gradual resolution. Cindi McMenamin Jun 21, 2017
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  3 Untruths You’ve Probably Said to Hurting People Christians like to encourage people. This is a great thing. When someone we care about is hurting or enduring trials, we are quick to give words of encouragement and comfort. When we are suffering, others... Erik Reed Jun 20, 2017
• What Happens When You Stop Making Marriage about You You and I are not won’t always care more for our spouse’s happiness than our own. Our husbands won’t always care more for our happiness than theirs. Lisa Lloyd Jun 19, 2017
• How Christians Can Revolutionize Faith-Based Media Like all forms of entertainment, Christian content must innovate and evolve if it hopes to remain relevant. Ryan Duncan Jun 16, 2017
• How to Worship as a Family So, what should we do in family worship? It’s simple: read the Bible, pray together, and sing to the Lord. Donald S. Whitney Jun 15, 2017
• How the Way You Think about God Can Change Your Brain Jesus said that a person’s thoughts will determine who that person is – and brain research now shows how that happens. Whitney Hopler Jun 14, 2017
• 4 Ways to Keep it Together When Your Life is Falling Apart When life brings something painful or you simply feel like your life is falling apart, how you respond makes all the difference in the world. Cindi McMenamin Jun 13, 2017
• How to Pray when You Can't Find the Words Prayer does not require words. In its most simple definition, prayer is communion with God. We think of it as a conversation, but it doesn’t have to be. Kelly Stanley Jun 09, 2017
• How to be Happy What if we all lived as if we didn’t deserve anything good—ever? How different would the world be if we saw every good thing in life as a gift of God’s grace? Stephan Bauman Jun 08, 2017
• 6 Ways to Kickstart Your Devotional Life Are you in a spiritual rut? Here are a few practical tips to breathe new life and vigor back into your devotional life. Stephen Altrogge Jun 07, 2017
• 10 Dos and Don'ts of Helping Your Child Learn to Adult In fact, 1 in 3 adult children, ages 25- to 34-years-old, live at home according to a new report from the Census Bureau. Steve Arterburn Jun 06, 2017