When Leaders Lie
On December 3, 2017, Ravi Zacharias published a series of audacious lies in Christianity Today to avoid accountability f...
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Daring Thomas
When one of my friends died, his wife prayed for three days that God would raise him from the dead. She reasoned that Je...
Not the Messiah They Ordered
You've repeatedly asked God the same question, hoping for a different answer. You've journaled about it, asked three fri...
Not Their Call
"Titus 3:10. No reply needed." When I read her email, I gasped. I knew how to decode this message from an important lead...
The Invisible Jesus
When a large foundation announced they planned to spend a billion dollars on advertisements about Jesus, I felt conflict...
DoorDash Jesus
For ten years after college, I worked as a campus minister. So, my income depended on the sacrificial giving of others....
The Long Walk Home
When I lived in Boston, I spent a year living in Dorchester, in a neighborhood where it wasn't safe to be outside after...
The Myth of the Perfect Choice
My wife and I kept arguing about where to send our kids to school. Eventually, I built a massive spreadsheet with eight...
Weekend Reflection
Don't Miss What God Is Doing
When 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,...
True Friends Might Wound Us
When I was fifteen, my grandfather asked if he could talk with me for a moment. I could tell from the tone of his voice...
When the Storm Won't Stop
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...
When Disappointment Is Doubt
If any organization should have represented God well, it was Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. I worked there....
What Anxiety Gets Wrong About Tomorrow
After resigning from a ministry job as a whistleblower, I suddenly realized I was unemployed. We anticipated that our in...
When Everyone Else Is Panicking
I told myself I'd stop reading about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and get back to work, but that was at least an hour...
God Bless America
In discussing his politics, Terry Drew told the reporter Stephanie McCrummen, "I hate it," he said. "My wife and I talk...
Safe To Die
"If you want to be a real man, you need to have money in your pocket." My friend's dad gave him pot to sell at William L...
Mile 24
As the starting gun cracked for the 2002 St. Jude Memphis Marathon, two of my closest friends and I jumped out at a 7:04...
Can't Lose
I've gotten angry that corrupt leaders so often seem to get their way. But that's because I had a short-term perspective...
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