You won’t find a single conversion story in the Bible where a person was only slightly changed or simply made a “better” person. God’s grace is transformative. The change He brings to each life is real, thorough, and pronounced. Can you imagine— Peter, Andrew, James,...

Byron Paulus (Executive Director/CEO of Life Action Ministries) interviewed John Avant (President of the Life Action Division) about Life Action's new vision for the future. Q: John, we both know that a movement of revival cannot be relegated to a mere formula. Yet...

Grudges are destructive. We’ve all seen the wreckage. Some have lost friends because of hurts that were never resolved. A former friend becomes just that—a former friend, a persona non grata, because one hurt the other and forgiveness was never sought or granted....

This week, arguably the greatest man who ever lived since the apostle Paul will be laid to rest. There is so much being written and talked about concerning all the things Billy Graham did. That is how it should be. But I’ve been thinking in the last few days about the...

Our God is a hospitable God. He extends tremendous hospitality to us (e.g. Psalm 23:5). He welcomes us into His presence when we come to Him through Jesus. It’s not like we have to clean ourselves up or make ourselves acceptable to come into His presence. And He loves...

I’m one of those people. You know the ones … despite years of evidence to the contrary regarding its effectiveness, still sharpening my pencil on January 1 and making a list of ways to improve myself in the coming year. This list often includes spiritual disciplines,...

I said “I do” to the woman of my dreams. I’m really, really, really glad that for some crazy reason, she reciprocated. Melissa and I met in the ministry—she was an Iowa farm girl who had been teaching second-graders in South Bend, Indiana. She answered a call to serve...