A new research paper has found that there is not enough support for the core ideas in author and pastor Gary Chapman's best-selling book, The Five Love Languages.
A new research paper has found that there is not enough support for the core ideas in author and pastor Gary Chapman's best-selling book, The Five Love Languages.
According to research from Harvard Graduate School of Education, 36 percent of Americans report feeling “serious loneliness,” as do an incredible 61 percent of young adults. According to a Cigna health survey, nearly 54 percent of American adults agree with the statement, “nobody knows me well.” Isolated and glued to our screens, it’s a crisis that’s only getting worse.
A new research from the Cultural Research Center (CRC) at Arizona Christian University found that Millennials are more likely to struggle with interpersonal relationships than members of previous generations.
A new Pew Research Center survey found that 59 percent of U.S. adults find having political conversations with people they disagree with is “stressful and frustrating.”
Hebrews 11 is often called the “Hall of Faith.” It describes the faithful across Jewish history, from Abel through the prophets, as those “of whom the world was not worthy” (v. 38). When we read of their sacrificial faith, we are encouraged to emulate their lives and perseverance.
Pastor Andy Stanley recently opened up in a sermon about how he previously struggled with a "broken" relationship with his father, evangelist Charles Stanley.
God has entrusted someone’s needs to your care today. He has prepared someone for you to share your compassion and faith with them. He has prepared you for that relationship as well. So, ask him to put that person on your mind and heart right now with Samuel’s prayer, “Speak, LORD, your servant is listening” (1 Samuel 3:9 NLT). Then say to God with Isaiah, “Here I am! Send me” (Isaiah 6:8).
According to a recent piece by Sarah Logan in The Guardian, a growing number of young people are practicing “relationship minimalism.” Inspired by home organizing coaches like Marie Kondo, these mostly urban, single adults are not only clearing their lives of excess stuff; they’re tossing out people who do not "spark joy" in their lives.
Would you join me in praying for the humility to learn from those with whom you disagree and the courage to share biblical truth with them? Would you ask the Lord to lead you today to the people he has already prepared for your engagement? Would you trust him to use you to plant trees you may never sit under and to use your faithfulness for his glory and their eternal good?