How Autonomy Fails and Grace Prevails

How Autonomy Fails and Grace Prevails

In our culture, we desire autonomy, and self-determination and self-reliance are some of our highest ideals. But eventually, every man comes to the end of himself. When you find yourself drowning, what’s your next move? And importantly, what is God’s? By Brett...
Entrusting the Message to Faithful Men

Entrusting the Message to Faithful Men

Jesus told the disciples it’s not that men don’t want to meet Him. It’s that there aren’t enough men to make a credible introduction. In Paul’s plan for Timothy to safeguard and spread the gospel of Jesus, we see how we are entrusted to make the connection. By...
Put On Your Oxygen Mask Before Assisting Others

Put On Your Oxygen Mask Before Assisting Others

Recently I visited an 82-year-old friend from the past. He was feeling low. When we finally got down to why, it was this: he had lost his sense of purpose. How does that happen, and how can we make sure it doesn’t happen to us? He had run out of “spiritual oxygen.” By...
Permission to Speak Freely

Permission to Speak Freely

Paul spent more than a decade with Timothy as brothers, co-laborers, and, in a spiritual sense, father and son. He had permission to speak freely into his life. The truth Paul shared with him about hope, suffering, and shame impacts us and our relationships in...
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