When Paul wrote the letter we call 2 Corinthians, weakness was on his mind. Paul’s authority was being attacked by leaders in the Corinthian church who also claimed to be apostles. And surprisingly, Paul agrees with nearly all of their accusations! He really is as...

Every four years, things get crazy. With the blaring news alerts and hysterical posts pushing us to support or oppose some group, candidate, or policy, it's easy to forget that we as Christians have an allegiance to Christ and his kingdom more than any current or...

We always encourage the Harbor Ohana to spend time with Jesus on a daily basis. There are three disciplines to encounter Jesus that I pursue every day: Reading God's Word — sometimes large chunks of Scripture, sometimes just a few verses a day. I want to ingest God's...

All through the Bible, we're told to fear God. And we instinctively flinch when we read it. Fear is a negative thing, right? Why would anyone want to draw near to a God who only wants to instill fear in us? Well, there’s a difference between fearing God and being in...

Over the past few decades, the term “evangelical” has become primarily a political label in America. It’s become a group of people who are defined by what they are against: abortion, LGBTQ rights, immigration, environmentalism, and in the past few years, masks and...

I know plenty of Christians who do yoga or tai chi exclusively for the health benefits. They ignore the spirituality that surrounds it, and focus only on the strength, balance, flexibility, and calm it can bring through the isotonic/isometric exercise. But it’s...

There are millions of people around the world who have sincerely-held religious beliefs that might, at first glance, seem to be compatible with Christianity. Every religion preaches the “golden rule” of doing to others what we would want done to ourselves. Every...

As the great theologian Wesley said in The Princess Bride, “Life is pain. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.” We all get hurt. All the time. In big and small ways. Maybe someone said something you didn’t like. Maybe it wasn’t really even directed...

There are many places in Scripture where we’re commanded to love God with all our heart/mind/soul/strength. And many Christians try to nail down precise definitions of what each of those things represents. Some even try to debate whether we’re made of two parts (body...

Many Christians use the idea of open doors and closed doors to evaluate what we should do and where we should go. We assume that if a door is open we should walk through it. And if a door is closed we should give up on it. But it’s a little more complicated than that....