The Visible Life Principle
What if every part of your life could stand being seen? A wonderful concept — and an honest look at whether it can actually be lived.
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Names of God #4: Christos, the Anointed One
“Christ” isn’t Jesus’ last name. It means the Anointed One, and the anointing oil had an actual recipe. David waited years between the oil and the throne, and Jesus read His own anointing aloud in His hometown synagogue.
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You Can Read Your Bible Every Day and Still Miss God
Reading about God, praying for others, serving at church: all good, and none of them quite the same as being with Him. Why God OS puts worship first.
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A Mighty Fortress Is MY God: Making Luther’s War Hymn Personal
The story and meaning behind A Mighty Fortress Is Our God: Luther’s plague-year war hymn, all four stanzas, and how to make it your own prayer.
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What ‘It Is Well’ Taught Me About Anchored Peace
He lost his son, his fortune, and then all four daughters at sea, and wrote “It Is Well with My Soul” crossing the waters that took them. The story behind the hymn, and where his anchor was tied.
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Names of God #3: Jehovah Shalom, The LORD Is Peace
Gideon was hiding in a winepress when God called him a mighty warrior. He built an altar and named it Jehovah Shalom — The LORD Is Peace — before the battle had even started.
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Growing in Christ Is Not Like Leveling Up
I’d like it if growing in Christ worked like an RPG — memorize fifty verses, +1 to Spiritual Wisdom. Here’s why the progress bar doesn’t work, and what I’ve been doing instead.
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README #1: What Battle Cry Taught Me About Hearing Accurately
I read Battle Cry expecting a book about men and anger. What stuck was harder: I have trouble hearing accurately — what my wife is actually saying, and what my own past actually was.
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Names of God #2: Jehovah Jireh, The LORD Will Provide
Abraham climbed a mountain carrying everything for a sacrifice except the sacrifice. What he said to his son became one of God’s names — and a promise he couldn’t have known the size of.
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Free 6-Week Small Group Study: Take Your Group Through God OS
Six weeks through the whole God OS framework — Gospel, Worship, Word, Walk, and Prayer — with free Leader’s and Participant Guides. A study your group doesn’t just discuss; they run it.
