Focused
How do we follow Jesus? Lilias Trotter suggests it has a lot to do with our focus—what we think about, what our aim is, which path we set out to follow, and whether or not we are willing to drop anything that gets in the way of our devotion and obedience to Christ.
Featured February 14, 2025 (Original Jul 1901 )
The Enemies
How do we “leave the vengeance to God”? Dietrich Bonhoeffer explains how to pray the imprecatory psalms as sinners ourselves, forgiving our enemies.
Featured February 6, 2025 (Original Feb 2025 )
Barriers to Hearing God
“Our failure to hear God has its deepest roots in a failure to understand, accept, and grow into a conversational relationship with God.” Dallas Willard helps us understand three common issues that prevent us from hearing God clearly.
Featured January 24, 2025 (Original Dec 1998 )
Universalism’s Fatal Flaw
Richard Foster writes, “if we are to take the biblical revelation seriously we must wrestle with the subject of hell. My discomfort (yours too, perhaps) is simply beside the point.” Foster clarifies the choice that lies before us: community or isolation, God’s kingdom or our own, “with-God” life or “away-from-God” life.
Featured January 3, 2025 (Original Jul 2003 )
In-Depth Answers to Ten Big Questions About Spiritual Formation
In the fall of 1999, a small group of Christian teachers—including Dallas Willard, Richard Foster, Eugene Peterson, and Gayle Beebe—retreated in Colorado together to prayerfully reflect on the meaning and prospects of Christian spiritual formation today.
Featured January 3, 2025 (Original Oct 1999 )