How good are you at multitasking? Maybe you’ve heard someone saying that they’re a great multitasker. Maybe you’ve heard it said that men are better at multitasking than women, or vice versa. We tend to think of multitasking as this…
2 CORINTHIANS 10:1–6 PART 3: FINAL APPLICATION — WHO IS DRIVING YOUR MIND? Imagine that your mind is a car. Different passengers will try to get inside. Fear. Anger. Pride. Jealousy. Lust. Bitterness. Worry. The problem is not simply that…
2 CORINTHIANS 10:1–6 PART 2: AM I FIGHTING THE RIGHT ENEMY? V3 “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.” Now Paul introduces the language of warfare. He says: Yes, we are…
2 CORINTHIANS 10:1–6 PART 1: INTRODUCTION There are battles that everybody can see, and there are battles that nobody can see. We can see conflict in a marriage. We can see problems at work. We can see disagreements in a…
It’s strange how, for some people, the moment they step onto a plane, common decency seems to go out the window. On a recent flight, I watched a young man angrily shout at an elderly woman because she was sitting…
Most Christians, even those who have walked with God for only a short time, have experienced the disappointment of praying and not seeing an immediate answer. In many Christian circles, when a prayer seems unanswered, especially when we believe we…
I would like to share a testimony of how God showed His faithfulness to me—in overcoming fear, in His provision, and in reminding me that our times are in His hands. Around August last year, I decided to swim the…
In many ways, the Christian life parallels the journey of the Israelites from their deliverance out of Egypt to their arrival in the Promised Land. Although they had been set free, their journey was not without challenges. Along the way,…
I have wrestled for years with guilt and shame over my past and with the question behind so much well-meaning advice: what do you do when you can’t seem to “forgive yourself”, yet you desperately want to move forward? We…
In this life you will have trouble. These were the words of Jesus to His disciples. It wasn’t a matter of chance. It wasn’t that there might be trouble. It wasn’t that trials could be avoided if you played your…
