J.C. Wright

Family is messy. God made it that way on purpose. Most of us carry a picture of the "ideal" Christian family—two parents, well-behaved kids, matching outfits on the church directory page. And most of us don't fit it. We come from broken homes, blended homes, single-parent homes, or no home at all.

You know grace saved you. But do you actually believe it? Most of us live somewhere between two ditches. On one side, grace has been softened into a permission slip — a cosmic shrug that says God doesn't really care what you do. On the other side, grace has been hardened into a reward —...

You've been told to "just have faith." But has anyone told you what faith actually is? Most of us carry a version of faith that was handed to us secondhand—believe hard enough and God will come through, never doubt or you're failing, close your eyes and jump. It sounds spiritual. But it's not...