Weekly Devotionals and Blogs
The Gamble of Faith
Dear Keith, I made a decision to give my life to Christ over ten years ago. It felt so freeing—to be able to trust God with the struggles in my life. But periodically I go through times of not being able to sleep, of going over my situation with a magnifying glass...
Exposing A Well-Guarded Secret
I have been going to my church for over five years. The sermons are helpful, and I’m learning a lot from the classes offered there. But when I look around at other people talking and laughing before meetings or classes begin it seems like most of them have special...
How can I Change my Mind?
Keith, I’ve recently become a Christian. Everybody says I’ve got to be willing to let God into my life, and to let God guide my life. So I finally am willing, but nothing has happened. Can you help me? This is an excellent question, maybe the best anyone could ask...
Something is Broken
I have been disloyal to my wife and she found out. I’ve confessed, and have also confessed to God. I feel like God has forgiven me, and I’ve forgiven myself. But my spouse says “It’s not that easy—that something’s broken—that ‘being sorry’ won’t fix it.” She said...
Is there Any Power in Simple Loving?
Sometimes I feel like my life for Christ doesn’t amount to much. I don’t do big things that change people or their lives, and I don’t know how to do that. Someone told me that they felt their purpose is just to love people. But I can’t see how simple acts of love...
Driving Through Life
Last week I got a text message from a new friend: “Can you tell me what God is to you?” I realized how different a world we live in to try to communicate the Gospel (than the one I learned about God). Not that the question was bad in any way. It was a great...
Can We Become Addicted to God?
Dear Keith, I am in the process of working the Twelve Steps in a small group and am amazed at the challenge and healing it has already brought into my life. Though I have been a Christian for twenty years, and was raised in a wonderful church, I feel like a new...
Should I Check My Brains at the Door When I Go To Church?
Keith: I’m a new Christian. I’ve recently been talking to some of my atheist friends, who agree with some atheist scientists who are very brilliant men who say that surrendering to God is very naïve intellectually since neither the existence of God nor the...
Sharing Our Real Stories
Keith: About a year ago I started going to church again. I was raised to believe that after a real commitment and surrender to God, we can live a moral life and have good relationships. I’m still having strong temptations that are a real struggle to resist, and I...
