Devotionals

Whether you’re thirsty or hungry, take a seat at the table and receive these beautiful truths from God’s Word, verse by verse.

Devotionals

How well do we know God’s face?

I was reading Psalm 27:8 and soon found myself crying out to God, “When You said, ‘Seek My face,’ my heart said to You, ‘Your face, Lord, I will seek.’” Then I heard the Holy Spirit ask...

Faith

The trouble with living as a new creation

I made this Hillsong song my prayer two years ago in a season of crushing and pressing.  In the crushing In the pressing You are making new wine In the soil I now surrender You are breaking new...

Discipleship

9 things we are hardly thankful for

It’s often easier to complain or find fault with every little thing in life, instead of being thankful for what we’ve been given. But 1 Thessalonians 5:18 reminds us that it is God’s will for...

Apologetics

If God is real, why doesn’t He end our suffering?

Max Jeganathan is a speaker and writer at Thinking Faith. Born in Sri Lanka, Max’s family moved to Australia as refugees in the mid-1980s. He has worked as a lawyer and as a political adviser in...

Discipleship

Have I been a stumbling block to others?

When we talk about the dos and don’ts of Christianity, are we revealing Christ and leading people to God, or turning them away?  The apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 8:13: “Therefore, if...

Devotionals

How to stop hypocrisy

Recently I’ve been troubled by reports from various persons about a particular Christian employer, X. While X is a leader in his church, a preacher and a workplace minister, X’s subordinates...

Devotionals

Wrestling with your identity? He calls you by name

Early in my career as a teacher, God had whispered into my ears a simple and powerful – yet easily neglected – strategy to encourage my students when marking their assignments.  He told me to...

Devotionals

Why is there no peace in my heart?

I have been feeling quite chaotic these past few weeks. There was nothing in particular that happened to trigger this inner chaos. Perhaps it was just a restlessness in my soul and a yearning for...

Devotionals

What does your heart treasure?

The Bible often speaks about treasures, and how the human heart is influenced by what it yearns to have. Joshua 6 tells us that God caused the city of Jericho to fall into the hands of the...