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article | May 27, 2020

To the girl who’s gone too far, I know you’re out there. Sometimes you write to us, asking what to do next, but mostly you stay silent, afraid that if we knew you struggled with sin we’d think less of you. Lean …

article | December 11, 2020

Your reputation is spotless. You strive for purity. You don’t flaunt your body for watching eyes, and you’ve never invited a man to cross a line with you. You’re engaged to your childhood crush, and he’s crazy about you. He’s sweet, and …

article | September 28, 2020

What’s the one thing you’ve been praying for? Maybe you’ve been praying about it for several years or several months. Maybe it’s a person, a deep desire, or a specific cause. Maybe you’re asking God for a miracle, or perhaps a few. …

article | January 24, 2013

I love it when you ask tough questions. Digging into God's Word to find answers about the complex issues you are thinking about and dealing with is one of the best perks of my job. That's why this week I want to …

article | April 2, 2003

In 1990, Time magazine devoted an entire special issue to the subject of women. The eighty-six-page special issue chronicled the feminist revolution of the past generation. It included articles on such revolutionary developments as “the road to equality,” the psychology of growing …

article | December 26, 2011

I love it when you ask tough questions. Digging into God's Word to find answers about the complex issues you are thinking about and dealing with is one of the best perks of my job. That's why this week I want to …

article | June 11, 2012

Because of Father's Day, we've been talking a lot about fathers this month. We hope you're making plans to bless your dad this coming Sunday, but we recognize that for some of you, Father's Day is ... complicated. That's because you have …

article | November 18, 2020

Feelings of heartbreak, sadness, and fear swept over me as I scanned the mountain range. I breathed in the fresh air hoping the great outdoors would do me some good. Life was hard at this moment in time—really, really hard. I was …

article | October 7, 2009

After more than two decades of ministry to hurting people, I have come to believe that a failure to give thanks is at the heart of much, if not most, of the sense of gloom, despair, and despondency that is so pervasive …

article | July 24, 2020

If you knew me well, you’d quickly learn that I’m not an arts-and-crafts person. Even my best attempts at “easy, follow-along” projects somehow seem to go awry. Just ask my family about my attempt to paint a landscape scene of some birch …