spiritual maturity

The word AUTHENTICITY is being tossed around our 21st Century society like a doughy pie gone airborne in the Bronx. Everyone is looking for what’s REAL. Marketing pushes an ARTISAN vibe to sell its products.    GENUINE is a moniker everyone wants to associate with but few ever meet.    The AUTHENTICITY “movement” has reached […]

God’s “MEASURE OF FAITH” is not available to everyone in the world. But he does give every believer at Salvation a measure of his life-saving faith (2 Corinthians 5:17). Some people, at least on the surface, seem to be an always-flowing fountain of faith. And if we’re not careful and connected to God, we can

Early in my faith walk I thought it would be possible to toggle between my work sanctuary and God’s sanctuary. But later I learned that a bi-focal option like that does not exist. We cannot be in two places at one time. It’s our sanctuary or God’s sanctuary. Either we work for Heavenly Rewards or strive for

Christians everywhere on the planet—of all ages and colors and in different life circumstances—want to deepen their connection with God. They want to grow spiritually to be mature believers. And they want to live a Christ-like life. That includes me and I’ll bet it includes you, too.    I hear about this frustration over and

This just in from our ministry’s global online tribe: “Mark, I want to have more faith but I don’t know how.” That vexing question has been around for over 2000 years. But it is even more relevant now as we are showered by sparks flying from a kaleidoscope of terrifying technological change.    The answer?

One specific question keeps coming to me from our global online tribe: “Mark, the Bible tells me to endure, but my life is too hard. I am hopeless.” My first reaction to that question is always thinking that it contains two parts of the answer: 1) Hope PRODUCES endurance; and 2) Endurance is the RESULT

Another great question just came in from our global online tribe: “My issue Mr. Affleck is about work. How does God have anything to do with my job?” It starts with our MOTIVATION. Our work is HOLY in God’s eyes because of our faith in him, not the job itself. We are motivated to seek

There are millions of Christians around the world working in jobs they would never freely choose. Why in the world would they do that? Because “there are bills to pay.” The consequence of that choice leads people to work for man’s approval and reject God’s affirmation.    Some of them mistakenly THINK they are toiling

I love receiving questions from this ministry’s online tribe of 400,000 followers in nearly 100 countries. Like this one that came in last night–one of the most important questions every Christian must contemplate and be ready to answer–“WHAT IS FAITH?” First, the short answer…    FAITH is trust in Jesus to be who he said

“Time to get up and go to work!” “Another day at the factory.” “I’ve had enough of this place!” Most of us have probably had those thoughts at one time or another. But whether you like your job or love your job or hate your job, WORK is foundational to life on earth.    Work