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We prayed and prayed for his healing. He was young, healthy, married with children, and actively serving the Lord as a c...
Grief & LossWhen I visited Honduras in 2017, I had an M.Div. degree, years of ministry experience, and a position with a global nonp...
FaithIn the spring of 2009, a student I discipled, whom I'll call Rob, went on a missions trip to Honduras. Unfortunately, on...
Following Jesus"The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write abo...
WorshipI told myself I'd stop reading about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and get back to work, but that was at least an hour...
Anxiety & WorryA few years ago, I was questioning again whether I still believed in God. To give God a fair chance, I decided to study...
Doubt & QuestionsI 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 & WorryWhen one of my friends died, his wife prayed for three days that God would raise him from the dead. She reasoned that Je...
CourageI showed up at the building to collect my items and say goodbye, but a security guard met me outside the front door with...
Courage"How do you know my name?" my professor asked. As a young philosopher, I wanted an impressive answer. What is the eviden...
Doubt & QuestionsWho am I to question someone’s faith? It’s the kind of accusation that abusive leaders use to destabilize and control. E...
DiscipleshipBefore he said a word, his tousled hair and bemused smile identified him as a skeptical Harvard student. "So, what's thi...
Doubt & QuestionsFor ten years after college, I worked as a campus minister. So, my income depended on the sacrificial giving of others....
Anxiety & WorryWhen a large foundation announced they planned to spend a billion dollars on advertisements about Jesus, I felt conflict...
Following JesusWhen 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,...
FaithOn December 3, 2017, Ravi Zacharias published a series of audacious lies in Christianity Today to avoid accountability f...
Church HurtMy Mom said the rocks would be amazing. I believed her, but sitting in the car for hours made me wish I was back home. S...
God's Presence"Thank you Heavenly Father...to allow us to send a message to all the tyrants, the communists, and the globalists that t...
Following JesusI once got incredibly angry at one of my roommates because he wrote a blog with what I considered bad theology. I felt I...
GraceThe hardest part of trusting God isn't the first step. It's the long walk after, before we know the outcome. For inst...
Courage"How's your week been?" I asked him. He started talking about the stress of his studies. It was safe terrain, and I knew...
ShameWe love John 3:16 because it feels safe. It's an inspirational thought printed on bumper stickers and In-N-Out cups. But...
FaithWe were sitting at Flour in Boston because I couldn't resist their croissants. As I caught up with an old friend, I a...
WorshipI was talking with a friend who told me he keeps praying, "God, what do you want me to do with my life?" He said, "I'm s...
Following JesusI spent years arguing about whether God chose me or I chose God. Scholars on both sides warned me that the other positio...
Bible Reading"You're lying. I don't trust you." My co-worker's accusation felt worse than getting punched in the face. I knew I wa...
CourageI have the degrees listed on my LinkedIn profile—the M.Div., the D.Min. I've led ministries at Ivy League universities a...
Doubt & QuestionsI remember staring at my phone, willing myself to pick it up, but my arm felt like lead. I needed to raise support to ke...
FaithI was on a global Skype call with RZIM's senior leaders and Ravi Zacharias himself—the famous apologist whose ministry w...
CourageI spent the morning talking to a skeptic. A friend and I answered question after question and presented layer upon layer...
Doubt & Questions"This is the first time I've been able to sing a worship song since my pastor abused me." I didn't know what to say....
HealingAfter 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....
HopelessnessYou've repeatedly asked God the same question, hoping for a different answer. You've journaled about it, asked three fri...
Assurance of SalvationA best-selling apologist called me to talk about Ravi. He agreed that Ravi was a liar, a bully, and a predator. Then he...
CourageThe story about Jesus flipping tables is awkward. It's used both to rationalize posting rage bait online and to attack J...
JusticeMy wife and I kept arguing about where to send our kids to school. Eventually, I built a massive spreadsheet with eight...
Calling & VocationAfter I came to faith, my family and friends often asked me difficult questions. The big discussions in my teenage years...
ApologeticsWhen I was fifteen, my grandfather asked if he could talk with me for a moment. I could tell from the tone of his voice...
CourageIf 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...
Doubt & QuestionsThe discolored, funky-smelling jerseys made middle school P.E. bad enough. But the worst part was when teams were picked...
CourageMy cross-country teammate leaned back in his chair and said, "I'll believe in God if he reveals himself to me." We we...
Deconstruction"Titus 3:10. No reply needed." When I read her email, I gasped. I knew how to decode this message from an important lead...
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