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August 2026

August 24, 2026

How to Live Simply and Give Generously

“Live simply that others may simply live.” This well-known phrase challenges us to evaluate how we...

December 2025

December 11, 2025

We Won’t Regret Investing in God’s Kingdom

Kate Kiehl is a giving coach and heads up GenHerus, which empowers women to find...

August 2025

August 07, 2025

Why Should We Care About Eternal Rewards?

I think the doctrine of eternal rewards is critically important, yet greatly misunderstood. Scripture is...

November 2023

November 06, 2023

Raising Faithful Stewards

Jesus said, “There is more happiness in giving than in receiving” (Acts 20:25). This is the Good...

August 2023

August 07, 2023

Your Invitation to the Good Life—the Only Life Worth Living

Chances are, you want “the good life.” And even if you’re not quite sure how...

May 2023

May 29, 2023

How Can We Discern between Hearing God and Hearing What We Want to Hear?

We are not always great at often talking to God (at least I’m not!), but...

April 2023

April 24, 2023

Does Having a Savings Account Mean I Don’t Trust God?

Someone sent me this question: I was asked a question about saving money. Can you...

March 2023

March 20, 2023

What Is the Good Life?

As we start a new year, it’s common to ponder where we’ve been and where...

December 2022

December 03, 2022

Helping Give Children Access to Clean Water Is an Eternal Investment

Jesus, in Matthew 10:42, makes a startlingly significant promise about a seemingly small act of...

November 2022

November 17, 2022

How Can We Keep a Loose Grip on Possessions?

Back in 2019, I was asked to join Kirk Cousins (quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, and...

August 2022

August 08, 2022

If We Fear God, We Can Trust His Provision

There are people who reason, If I give generously, I’ll have to worry about where the...

March 2022

March 03, 2022

Pray for the Precious People of Ukraine (and Russia), Traumatized by War

“When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan.”...

February 2022

February 24, 2022

How Important Is It for Believers to Be Debt Free?

I’m encouraged when I see believers focused on getting out of debt. My book Money, Possessions...

January 2022

January 06, 2022

The Discipleship Crisis in Africa, and How the Africa Study Bible Can Help

Our ministry loves the work of Oasis International, which seeks to "empower the voices of the...

October 2021

October 21, 2021

Local Churches Are an Essential Part of God’s Plan to Reach the World through Missions

I became a Christian as a teenager, and by the time I’d known the Lord...

September 2021

September 20, 2021

“Please Continue to Pray”: An Update on Christian Persecution in Nigeria

Two weeks ago I shared a firsthand account of the persecution of Nigerian Christians from my friend...

September 06, 2021

A First-Hand Account of Persecuted Believers in Nigeria: “Everybody Lives in Fear All the Time, Day or Night”

About forty years ago, my Nigerian friend Samuel Kunhiyop and I were talking in my...

September 02, 2021

“Jesus Is Literally All They Have Left”: The Situation in Afghanistan, and Ways to Pray and Help

The following informative Q&A comes from a source inside Afghanistan who cannot be identified for...

March 2021

March 04, 2021

Running Your Business to the Glory of God

In her article How ‘Christian’ Should My Small Business Be?, Laura Baxter offers five principles for...

January 2021

January 21, 2021

Isn’t It Cruel to Force a Woman to Keep a Child She Can’t Afford to Raise, or to Give up a Baby for Adoption?

Despite their emphasis on choice, the pro-choice movement leaves many women feeling that they have...

September 2020

September 24, 2020

Meet Henry Parsons Crowell, Founder of Quaker Oats and a Generous Christ-Follower

One of the things I most look forward to about Heaven is learning the stories...

September 10, 2020

God Has Given You a Unique Platform

If you are working a “secular” job, you are not second class in God’s Kingdom....

April 2020

April 16, 2020

If You Don’t Really Need Your Stimulus Check, Would You Prayerfully Consider Giving It to God’s Kingdom?

There are many Americans who are anticipating receiving their coronavirus stimulus check from the government...

January 2020

January 02, 2020

Glimpses into What God Is Doing Through EPM’s Eternity-Impacting Ministry

I don’t talk about our ministry on my blog much. But God is doing remarkable...

October 2019

October 17, 2019

Giving Is an Eternal Investment That Benefits Us Here and Now

I’m sharing more today about my new book Giving Is the Good Life, which was released...

October 14, 2019

What Is the Good Life?

Having written nearly 60 books, I rarely get super-excited about a new one coming out....

March 2019

March 07, 2019

What If God Calls You to Give the Shirt off Your Back?

Nanci and I love Mary Clayton Wood, now Mary Clayton Crow, one of our dear...

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