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"The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write abo...
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A few years ago, I was questioning again whether I still believed in God. To give God a fair chance, I decided to study...
I gave up sleeping and grabbed my iPhone. 2:47 a.m. The morning couldn't come soon enough, even if I was dreading going...
Anxiety & WorryBefore he said a word, his tousled hair and bemused smile identified him as a skeptical Harvard student. "So, what's thi...
FaithFor ten years after college, I worked as a campus minister. So, my income depended on the sacrificial giving of others....
Money & FinancesWhen I was dating, I thought God would deliver for me the way he had for my friends. I just needed to pray, ask her out,...
Hearing God"Thank you Heavenly Father...to allow us to send a message to all the tyrants, the communists, and the globalists that t...
Following JesusThe hardest part of trusting God isn't the first step. It's the long walk after, before we know the outcome. For inst...
TrustI spent years arguing about whether God chose me or I chose God. Scholars on both sides warned me that the other positio...
Doubt & QuestionsI have the degrees listed on my LinkedIn profile—the M.Div., the D.Min. I've led ministries at Ivy League universities a...
FaithI remember staring at my phone, willing myself to pick it up, but my arm felt like lead. I needed to raise support to ke...
Hard TimesI was on a global Skype call with RZIM's senior leaders and Ravi Zacharias himself—the famous apologist whose ministry w...
DeconstructionAfter resigning from a ministry job as a whistleblower, I suddenly realized I was unemployed. We anticipated that our in...
Anxiety & WorryAt one of the lowest points in my life, I'd been hurting for so long that I didn't know if the pain would ever go away....
HopelessnessThe story about Jesus flipping tables is awkward. It's used both to rationalize posting rage bait online and to attack J...
Questions About GodMy wife and I kept arguing about where to send our kids to school. Eventually, I built a massive spreadsheet with eight...
DecisionsAfter I came to faith, my family and friends often asked me difficult questions. The big discussions in my teenage years...
Sharing FaithIf any organization should have represented God well, it was Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. I worked there....
Doubt & QuestionsMy friend looked me in the eye and asked, "So, do you think I'm going to hell?" My stomach tightened. I didn't want t...
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