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Learning How to Relate to a Non-Religious Generation
The stakes have never been higher for Christian parents and grandparents to be equipped to understand the young people in their lives. But the current culture can seem hostile to the Good News of Jesus. How can we learn to talk to and build real relationships with non-religious family members and their friends? Karen is…
Read More6 Important Things You Need To Understand About Baptism
The term baptism conjures up a variety of reactions depending on your family background and church history. In this article, let’s explore the basics of the practice of baptism and touch on six important things you need to know about baptism as it’s described in the Scriptures.
Read More6 Revealing Questions to Uncover Your Idol Worship Today
Do you dream of living free from the vices that separate you from God? Or have you given up and started to assume that’s just how life is going to be and you’re powerless to fight? There’s a battle being fought for the throne of your heart. Will you give the “win” to false gods or the one, true God?
Read More3 Ways Idol Worship is at the Root of Every Sin
It’s easy to give ourselves a pass on the commandments that forbid idol worship. In our culture, we don’t carve images to be served and most of us never physically bow to anything. And yet, if we explore what idol worship means, we’d be surprised by its pervasiveness in our everyday lives.
Read More3 Exciting Highlights from Our Ministry Report
The world is uncertain and fragile, and we know we’re called to be a voice of HOPE. In 2022-2023 Living on the Edge will bring hope, training, and Bible engagement to more people by doubling three different areas of ministry. When you access the full Vision Report, you’ll discover how that’s already happening, and the plan to widen the impact.
Read MoreHow To Trust God Every Day In A Divided, Post-truth World
What does it look like to put your trust in God every day in a post-truth, divided world? When our world gets shaky and we’re faced with uncertainty, our reaction to those circumstances says a lot about the object of our hope. Is it possible to trust God and cling to hope in a divided, post-truth world?
Read MoreRose’s Story
Growing up, Rose knew there was a God, but she struggled to know who God really is. Was He just keeping a list of her failures from which to judge her? Was He keeping a checklist that she could never possibly complete? Through her personal study of the Bible along with resources from Chip Ingram,…
Read MoreWhy Being Weak Is the Best Thing to Ever Happen to You
Imagine a man who wants to bail out of his marriage, who is tempted to hit his teenage son in his anger, who struggles with lust daily. That man is a pastor. His name is Chip Ingram. Think you’re alone in your struggle? You’re not. It doesn’t matter what it is. You may gamble your…
Read MoreWhy Should I Trust a God I Can’t See?
Does trusting an invisible God to guide you sound crazy? Does it seem more reasonable to rely on your own five senses? Even if you grew up in the church, faith in God can seem like quite a gamble. He lives in our hearts and minds. He created our souls. He interacts with us in…
Read MoreCan God Save You from Suffering?
If you’re at the end of your rope and are wondering where God is or why He’s not delivering you, you are not alone. It doesn’t matter how much faith you have. At such times, it’s only human to feel frustrated and angry. To be human is to doubt at times whether He’s there at…
Read MoreWhat We Learned from Our Fathers
Charles Kettering once said, “Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.” As we near Father’s Day, the Living on the Edge team paused to reflect on the examples of our fathers and how they impacted our lives as well as lessons we have learned in our own…
Read MoreHow Can I Have a Personal Relationship with God?
Beginning Your Relationship with God The fact that you clicked on this and that you’re asking this question may be the greatest decision you’ve ever made. You know, I didn’t grow up as a Christian. I didn’t understand what it meant to have a personal authentic relationship with God. But I would like to share…
Read MoreWhy Should I Get Married?
The True Meaning of Marriage Do you ever wonder why we should get married? After all, isn’t it just a piece of paper? Most of the world views marriage as only a contract. It says that marriage is when two people enter into a contract and stay together as long as it’s working.…
Read MoreWhat Does it Mean to Really Love Someone?
Love is a Choice Do you ever wonder what it means to really love someone? We’re bombarded today with movies and videos and romance novels that give us a false image of what it means to love. If you think about it, most secular songs and movies all say the same thing in different…
Read MoreWhat Does God Think About Divorce?
Divorce Isn’t ‘An Option’ Perhaps you or someone you care about is thinking about getting a divorce and you’re wondering what does God think about divorce? First, we need to get one thing straight. God hates divorce, but He loves divorcees. God loves us as His children, no matter what, but He does not…
Read MoreHow Do I Know If I’m Really in Love?
Love is a Choice People who are dating or struggling in their marriage often ask the questions: “How do I know if I’m in love?” and “Is this really love?” In our culture, we’re taught (through the media, music, movies, etc.) that a person is in love when he or she has good…
Read MoreHow Can I Get My Marriage to Work?
Hint: It’s Not About Changing Your Mate Is your marriage on the rocks? Do you often find yourself wondering, “If only she would just be more affectionate” or, “If only he would clean up after himself” or “If only she would take more initiative” then our marriage would work? The truth is you have…
Read MoreWhat is God Really Like?
What is God Really Like? Have you ever wondered what God is really like? And how would you really know? Growing up, I often wondered what God was like. For me, church was a wipeout experience that only left me with more questions than answers. So I often wondered, “God, if you exist, what…
Read MoreWhat Does it Mean to be a Christian?
The True Meaning of Being a Christian Do you know what it truly means to be a Christian? If one of your friends asked you this question, what would you say? Would you tell him or her, “Oh, it means that I start going to church?” Or, would you say, “To be a Christian means…
Read MoreIs the Bible Really True?
The Reliability of the Bible Do you think you have to throw your brains in the trash to believe in the Bible? Many people are skeptics when it comes to believing in the truthfulness and accuracy of the Bible as the infallible and inspired Word of God. This is especially true of Christians who perhaps…
Read MoreWho Is Jesus, Really?
Who is Jesus? Is Jesus just a teacher, a good man, a prophet? Or is he the “divine Christ” inside of all of us? Is he someone who just came to this earth to enact some moral laws and to make the world a better place, or is he the person the Bible…
Read MoreWhy Isn’t My Christian Life Working?
Why Isn’t My Christian Life Working? Do you ever feel frustrated because your Christian life just isn’t working out? Do you hear other people talking about having the peace of God, but you just don’t feel it? Or maybe you hear them talking about victory over sin, but no matter how hard you try to…
Read MoreHow Do I Forgive?
The Three-Step Process of Forgiveness When you’ve been hurt or betrayed, do you find it difficult to forgive? Many people do. In fact, forgiveness is an issue that both Christians and non-Christians struggle with mostly because it is often misunderstood. Many times, we struggle with forgiving someone because it feels like we’re agreeing with…
Read MoreWhy is Community So Important?
The Importance of Community In the book Bowling Alone, author Robert Putnam said the greatest social epidemic in American life is loneliness. This statement may resonate with many Americans who feel alienated, lonely, and depressed, and who go home every night to watch T.V. and eat on couches by themselves. But is this really…
Read MoreHow Do I Stand Strong As a Christian?
How to Overcome Temptation? This world is full of temptation. As Christians, we’re even more aware of temptation and what’s right and wrong. Yet, for many of us, sin feels like a losing battle. We don’t want to lust, but somehow we find ourselves lusting. We may notice that everybody at the office leaves early…
Read MoreDoes God Have a Specific Plan For Me?
How to Discover God’s Plan for Your Life Do you believe that God has a specific plan for your life? Maybe you already do, but do you know how to find it? If left to ourselves, without God, we as humans will get caught in the endless cycle of trying to be better, doing things…
Read MoreWhat About My Friends Who Don’t Believe?
Will I Have to Give Up My Friends to Follow Jesus? Well, first, let’s look at this question a little bit. It makes a couple of assumptions, that if you really follow Christ, you’re going to become this boring, irrelevant person and your friends won’t be around you anymore. I’m not sure that’s true.…
Read MoreHow Do I Begin Reading the Bible?
How To Start Reading the Bible When I became a Christian, I didn’t know how to read the Bible, and I remember feeling intimidated about where to begin. So, let me give you a few suggestions that might really help you. First, start in the New Testament. Get a translation that’s easy for you to…
Read MoreI’ve Received Jesus, But My Life Doesn’t Seem Any Different. Why?
Why doesn’t my life doesn’t seem any different? That is a very important question, and as I’ve taught this, it always comes up. And it’s a pretty significant theological issue, and when people ask $25,000 questions, you know, here in two or three minutes max, I don’t want to give you a 25-cent answer. But…
Read MoreWhy Is It So Hard to Surrender My Life to Christ?
Why Is It So Hard to Surrender my Life to Christ? I deeply understand how tough it can be to truly surrender your life to Jesus. I struggled with this personally and as a pastor for many years. Yeah, this is a journey, on the one hand. What you need to really understand is what’s…
Read MoreWhy Does God Allow Suffering?
Don’t Ask, ‘Why?’ Ask, ‘What?’ One of the most difficult issues in the world is the issue of suffering. Most everyone has probably asked at one time or another: “Why is there suffering – and if God is good and if God is powerful, then how can there be such evil and suffering in…
Read MoreHow Do I Respond to Depression?
Learn How to Break out of Depression One of the things that we all struggle with from time to time is depression. Not clinical or major depression, but the depression that is characterized by general feelings of being sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Unfortunately, they way most people deal with…
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