by Andy Steen | Sep 5, 2018 | Blog, Contentment
Perhaps no phrase better captures the contemporary mindset than the saying, “follow your heart.” We can imagine nearly any Disney hero or heroine proclaiming this mantra, and ourselves nodding in agreement. But where will following one’s heart really lead? The...
by Andy Steen | Aug 16, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, Holiness
You’ve made a decision to follow Christ. Now what? What ethic do you live by? The Ten Commandments? Poor Richard’s Almanac? In several places in the New Testament we are taught to live the Christian life by what the old time theologians called mortification and...
by Andy Steen | Jul 25, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, Holiness
As a father, one of my greatest joys is seeing my kids grow. Not grow in inches, but in maturity. Seeing them perform an act of kindness when they thought no one was looking. Witnessing them do their chores without being asked. Hearing them ask their mom if there...
by Andy Steen | May 16, 2018 | Blog, Commitment, Holiness, Idolatry
Christians are well aware of the biblical prohibitions against idol worship. But too many of us are unaware of our idle worship. Perhaps, like me, one of your biggest idols is idleness: the desire to have time to myself, doing not much. Technically speaking, this is...
by Andy Steen | Apr 26, 2018 | Anxiety, Blog, Christian Living
“I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.” (Lam. 3:19) Thus speaks the author of Lamentations, a book of sorrows wherein the author mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. ...
