It is quite alright for Christians to be appropriately annoyed. That is to say, annoyed over the right things in the right way. Motive matters. Method matters. In Acts 16:16-24, the Apostle Paul is “greatly annoyed” by a demon-possessed girl who was being exploited by her handlers. He’s annoyed...

"How do I know when God is calling me to something?” It’s a question I get regularly as someone in youth ministry, but it’s not a question unique to the teenage years. It’s something we’ve all been left wondering at one time or another. “What should I do here?” “Do I take that job or not?” “Do we...

It is tough when Christians don’t get along. Tougher still when we see mature, respected Christian leaders not get along. It is comforting (is that the right word?) to know that such discord was happening all the way back at the beginning of the church. Having examples of the flawed nature of the...