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Stop Trying to Do the Holy Spirit’s Job: Why Your Fear of Evangelism Is Based on a Lie

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Your fear of witnessing isn’t a sign to stay silent—it’s a sign you’re trying to do a job that was never yours. Discover your actual assignment and find freedom.

Why Your Child Needs Your Authority More Than Your Permission

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Your child doesn’t need unlimited permission. They need your steady leadership rooted in God’s design. Discover what 1 Corinthians 7 reveals about parental authority as love, not control.

The Real Reason Your Marriage/Singleness Feels Incomplete (And What Actually Fixes It)

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If you’re struggling to trust God in your current season—whether that’s singleness, a struggling marriage, or the waiting—my book Standing in the Dark: What to Do When You Can’t See the Way Forward explores how to trust God when the path ahead is unclear. You can find it on Amazon.

When Your Faith Makes People Reject You—And Why That’s Actually Proof You’re on the Right Path

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You took a stand for your faith. Now people are distant, hostile, or silent. You wonder if it was worth it. Jesus knew His followers would face exactly this—and He promised something that, on the surface, sounds like the worst promise ever made. But it’s actually your greatest hope.

When God Feels Distant: The One Thing That Brings You Close Again

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You still believe — but He feels far away. A study of John 15:12–17 on why closeness with God fades, the difference between serving Him like a stranger and knowing Him like a friend, and the one thing that brings you close again.

Why Contentment Feels Impossible Right Now (And What Actually Works)

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Nearly half of Americans say they’re more anxious than last year. 1 Corinthians 7 offers a different answer than the ‘reset’ everyone’s reaching for — and it starts with obedience, not circumstances.

Finding Your True Home: What It Really Means to Abide in Christ

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Many believers have quietly built their spiritual home on performance — praying more, serving more, always a little behind on a report card they can’t catch up on. John 15 offers something the striving could never give: a home, and a love you were never asked to earn.

Marriage, Divorce, and the Unbeliever: What Scripture Permits and Requires

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A couple at a table—one engaged in prayer, one looking away—representing the spiritual distance in mixed-faith marriage

One spouse believes. The other doesn’t. If that’s your marriage, you’re living with a spiritual loneliness that few understand. Scripture speaks directly to this situation—what God permits, what He requires, and how to find peace even when you’re not on the same faith journey. This is for you.