Where happiness actually comes from; Greg Laurie; Published March 3, 2023 Practically everyone is searching for happiness. It's even our Declaration of Independence, which says, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." But what is this happiness that we're pursuing? Some think that if only they could have money or fame, then they would be happy. But the Bible gives a completely different view of happiness. According to the Scriptures, true happiness…
Crossexamined.org, Friday April 15, 2022 - Despite intense personal and political division, we all agree on one thing: something is terribly wrong with this world. Pain, suffering, injustice, and death affect us all at some point because we live in a broken world. And we live in a broken world because we are all personally broken. Why Good Friday offers 'the best news ever' for Easter and always Who hasn’t committed any moral wrongs? (If you claim you haven’t, you just committed a moral wrong—lying!) The truth is we are all fallen. While we hate the evil done by others,…
Just Do The Next Thing: God is near. By Greg Laurie Published March 25, 2022 "I can do everything God asks me to do with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power." (Philippians 4:13 TLB) She sang a little song as she worked. It was a made-up song, composed for that very moment in time. All in all, it had been quite a morning for 3-year-old Liberty. She had already accomplished two things that she had never done in her whole life, brief as it was. She had made her bed and brushed her teeth. By herself.…
3 PRACTICAL STEPS TO HELP BUILD YOUR KIDS’ IMMUNITY TO ANTI-CHRISTIAN IDEAS By Alisa Childers, published at Crossexamined.org When my daughter Dyllan was a toddler, I exercised quite regularly at the YMCA. (And by “exercised,” I mean that I read a book on the stationary bike and pedaled as slowly as possible while I enjoyed an hour of free childcare. Not gonna lie.) One day when I picked her up from the kid’s room, the childcare worker pulled out the unopened granola bar I had put in Dyllan’s bag, handed it to me, and said, “We can’t give this to…
What brings God joy By Greg Laurie, Published March 4, 2022 at 7:05pm Ironically, people today who tell us that we need to be tolerant are very intolerant of the Gospel. In fact, I have found that the most intolerant people are those who are always telling us to be tolerant. I've heard people say that Christians are so intolerant, but I don't think that is true at all. Actually, I think Christians are the most tolerant people of all. Of course, we unapologetically believe in absolute truth. But usually it's intolerant people who say they don't like the fact…