Dr. Rebekah Josberger dives into the Sabbath, explaining why it matters and how her family honors it today (0:10), and the Logos Pros show you how to search everything in your Logos library at once (8:25). Learn more about the Sabbath Are Christians...
In this excerpt from Soul Rest, author Curtis Zackery describes a common struggle we all know: reverting back to the habits we’re trying to change. He explains how keeping the Sabbath isn’t simply about restraining from work, but about pursuing...
Charles Spurgeon once wrote, “I cannot tell you how much I owe to the solemn words of my good mother.” Countless people could say the same thing, and Mother’s Day is set aside to express extra gratitude. Reflect on honoring mothers, the value...
“I am not the head of the church. Jesus is.” As a pastor, I had not only heard that many times, I had said it many times myself. And I really did believe it. But it left a major question unanswered for me. If I am not the head, what part of the...
By Curtis Zackery The Bible calls us to be a living sacrifice. But what does that mean? Curtis Zackery explains in Finding Soul Rest: 40 Days of Connecting with Christ: A Devotional. *** As followers of Jesus, the best thing we can celebrate...
Pastors are people, too. It’s such a basic, “Of course!” truth, yet it so easily slips from Christians’ minds. Like “Dad” or “Mom,” a pastor’s position becomes their name. So even as the world is more and more abuzz with talk of mental health...
You’ve probably experienced triage if you’ve ever visited an emergency room. . . . medical triage: assigning degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide in what order to treat a large number of patients. Triage is the action of sorting...
“Household activities” like dishes and laundry gobble up over an hour every day. On average, people spend between 85 minutes and 135 minutes daily—nearly 10 hours a week, minimum. (That’s according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and they...
Sundown tonight marks the beginning of Passover, a weeklong feast instituted by God in Leviticus 23:4–8. For thousands of years, Jewish families around the world have gathered on this night to recount God’s command to mark their homes with the blood...
Today’s guest post is by Pastor Dan McEvoy from North Bay Christ the King Community Church, in Blaine, Washington. My first images of Jesus and the land he lived in were a cheap print of Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” at my...
The Ten Commandments are some of the most referenced moral guidelines in history. Christian, Jewish, or not, most people have at least heard of the stone tablets. But that doesn’t mean they’re familiar with them. The Barna Research Group...
In the Bible, Jesus performed a lot of miracles. He healed people. He had power over nature. He even overcame death. But what about the miracles he didn’t do? Here are three instances in the Bible where Jesus chose not to do the miraculous...
Over 2,000 years ago, Jesus was tortured and killed by the very people he came to save. Three days later, he conquered death and promised eternal life to those who believe. One moment, Jesus’ followers were full of grief. The next, they were full of...
“How would you recommend a rookie worship leader spend their Mondays?” We asked that question on Faithlife’s Facebook—and got some great responses. Here they are, combined with a few suggestions of our own. Evaluating How did it go...
No single book of the Bible stands alone. The biblical writers continually referenced, quoted, and built off previous books. Cross-references connect related verses and provide the full context for the passage you are studying. The Faithlife Study...