Category Archives: For the Heart

The Key to Paul’s Success Among the Nations and its Application for Every Steward I’ve heard it said before, and it just makes good sense: A wise wife will want her husband to love God more than he loves her, … Continue reading →

In the classic Puritan Paperback The Mortification of Sin, author John Owen helpfully educates his reader about what the mortification of sin (that is, its killing, subduing, etc.) is not. Have you ever been caught in a sin in a … Continue reading →

Last week I posted on personal discipline in the areas of sleep, prayer and Bible reading.  If you missed the post, you can read it here.  Today I want to follow up that discussion by talking about personal discipline in … Continue reading →

When it comes to personal effectiveness and exercising good stewardship with my life, I find that most of my successes and failures point back in some way to personal discipline…or a lack of it.  There are countless other joys that … Continue reading →

It is the responsibility of parents to raise their children, nourishing their hearts and minds.  But I find, as often as not, that they are teaching me more often than I teach them. I really wish that I longed for … Continue reading →

One of the hardest places to live out our faith is in our own home.  We grow comfortable and complacent with our spouse, children, parents, brothers, sisters, and everyone with whom we dwell. God gave us His Son as a gift, … Continue reading →

When I was a sophomore in high school, I learned a pretty simple and valuable lesson that has stuck with me ever since.  It’s not even an exciting story, but the lesson was pretty profound. I had first period P.E. … Continue reading →