Deeper in Christ Blogs

Twenty minutes. It seemed paltry in comparison to the sixteen waking hours I had at my disposal each day and yet every tick of the clock served as a painful reminder of how tedious it felt. I somehow stuck with it, and by the end of that first week, it […]

I have done extensive teaching on the topic of fasting over the last few years. It is not uncommon for people to reach out to me, asking for more information after hearing me speak about this particular spiritual discipline. In many church cultures, it seems fasting is seldom discussed or […]

Plateau is a geographic term used to describe an area of relatively level high ground. However, this term is also used as a verb, defined as reaching, “a state of little or no change after a time of activity or progress.”1 For example, suppose a man is on a weight loss program, […]

The term misconception can be defined as, “a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding.” (Oxford) Sometimes, a believer can be limited by false beliefs that stem from misunderstandings about spiritual things. Here are three misconceptions that can hold people back from stepping more fully into […]

At a conference I once attended, the speaker encouraged us to make sure we were healthy in every area of our lives. She gave the illustration of our lives being like a pie, divided into many pieces that make up a whole. The pieces included areas like our physical, spiritual, […]

“What is the purpose of life?” That important question has been asked by countless people throughout the centuries. The drive to find purpose and significance in our existence on earth is woven into the DNA of the human race. The idea that we simply exist without any purpose is at […]

Our level of obedience is one indicator of our spiritual health. I took one of our children to the urgent care today at our local children’s hospital. The first thing that they did when they brought him back to be examined was to check his temperature. The temperature of our […]

Sally and Tom have been married for several years. When they first met and fell in love, they could not get enough of each other. They stayed up late at night talking on the phone. They called each other on breaks at work and met for lunch as often as […]

When searching the Scriptures to learn about passion for the Lord, one might not expect to find any insight in the book of Leviticus. But I find one of the most powerful illustrations of what developing and maintaining passion should look like in its pages. This third book of the […]