Author Archives: pp

Saving The Saved
By Bryan Loritts

White-knuckling can never get you where you want to go.  But grace can.

You already know because you’ve tried: repeated attempts to earn God’s love and approval get you nowhere and leave you exhausted.  When performance taints our relationship with him, the Christian life can turn into an unholy hustle.  It was never meant to be like this.   (more…)

The Listening Life
By Adam S. McHugh

“Be quick to listen, slow to speak.” — James 1:19

How would our lives change if we approached every experience with the intention of listening first?

In this noisy, distracting world, it is difficult to truly hear.  People talk past each other, eager to be heard but somehow deaf to what is being said.  (more…)

Blessed Are the Misfits
By Brant Hansen

Warning: If modern church culture makes perfect sense to you, and you always fit in seamlessly, don’t read this.  As for the rest of us…

While American church culture (and American culture at large) seems largely designed for the extroverted, it’s estimated that half of the American population is introverted, and they’re often left wondering how, even if, they fit in the kingdom of God.  As one of them, popular radio host Brant Hansen (more…)

Divine Time Management
By Elizabeth Grace Saunders

Time is a precious gift.  When you invest it well, it’s marked with meaning and unforgettable moments of joy.  But if you’re like so many, you feel rushed.  Overwhelmed.  Pressured by your daily obligations and others’ expectations.  The need to please, to succeed, and to make a difference wears away at your joy and leaves you feeling empty or exhausted.

Elizabeth Grace Saunders, internationally recognized time (more…)

《竭力追求主》 (Passionate Pursuit)
作者：吉姆.歌珥 (James W. Goll)

探索神的心
你们亲近神，神就必亲近你们。 (雅各布书四章8节)

[人在被造时，神在他里面安放了一个惟有祂自己才能填满的空缺。]

[你饥渴的程度有多深，向神伸出的手就有多长。]   (more…)

Putting It Together Again When It’s All Fallen Apart
By Tom Holladay

Life crises can throw you into a tail-spin-a lost job, a failed relationship, a struggling business, a financial mess.  Where do you start?  How do you pull it together?  How do you begin again?

Tom Holladay experienced a catastrophe first-hand when a sudden flood in California destroyed his home, his church, and the homes of many church members. Tom and his congregation had to rebuild, and they used (more…)

Fierce Faith 
By Alli Worthington

Sometimes Jesus’s call to “fear not” seems like the hardest instruction to follow.

Some days you faultlessly juggle everything that is your life – kids, husband, house, job, church, friendships, school, pets, appointments, and on and on.  You’ve got this whole ‘being an adult” thing nailed!  Then there are the other days where the very thought of which ball you’re going to drop puts your anxiety level through the roof.  You’re afraid you’re forgetting something.  (more…)

《神国接棒人》  (Son’s Of God’s Generals)
作者：约书亚.福斯特 (Joshua Frost)

开启敬虔传承的力量

「这代要对那代颂赞祢的作为，也要传扬祢的大能。 」（诗篇一四五篇4节）

他们的父母都是当代举足轻重、具有改变世界影响力的神国将领，这些孩子如何活在父母的光环下而不迷失？  (more…)