Have you ever felt like you were getting distant from God? That feeling might seep in when you realized you hadn't read the Bible in a...

Our seven-day practical faith should be based on scripture, such as the Love chapter of 1 Corinthians. Loving others means honoring others, which is really hard to do.

The roar of motorcycles rolls through our church every Sunday morning. Our location is across the street from a famous retailer....

We were reciting a prayer during worship that included the sentence, "Free us for joyful obedience through Jesus Christ our Lord." I...

As I ponder Good Friday and Easter, I wonder why Jesus didn't take a victory lap. A victory lap is an extra celebration after winning a...

I nervously sat as still as possible and closed my eyes while the aging barber clipped around my ears. It was clear to me that he didn't...

In his prior blog post, Cecil said not to take on every problem in the world. This time, he tells us how to know which problems to tackle.

Our fear expands when we consider all the problems of the world. But God has the world in his hands and only parcels out a small part to us.

"Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy God forever." How can we do this, starting today?

Playing cornerback in football requires some of the highest maturity of any position in sports. In a game where the opposing receiver has...

The boy knew that the countless starfish that had washed up on the beach would not survive. So he began picking them up and tossing them...

A big spiritual problem in the Great Cultural Divide is that we try to do God's job, because we feel like it's not getting done.

It's natural to hate and not forgive our enemies. Jesus says to do the opposite. Do we trust him enough to obey him?

The words leaped off the page at me. An Amazon reviewer, in discussing my book "From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone" and how comfort zones...

If we're worried about money, or a raft of other things, it signals that we are not giving lordship control of our lives to Jesus.

In this blog series, I'm looking at faith gaps caused by fear. If you're like me, you tend to pray for the things you want. You pray for...

In this series of faith gaps caused by fear, we might lack serenity that will serve us in the toughest moments. A Jesus relationship helps.

In this blog series opener, Cecil explores the root cause of our faith troubles: Fear.

Cecil recommends reading through the Gospels slowly in a year to fully absorb and understand the teachings and life of Jesus.

It's almost too much to look at. Going shopping or basically going anywhere during Christmas time is a sensory overload experience....