Spiritual Growth

Stop Treating Your Will Like a Suggestion Box: A Training in Self-Discipline Part Five

Self-discipline is the only path to true ordered freedom, because it is the way a person learns to choose what is actually good instead of being pushed…

Apr 4 • Thad Cardine

Stop Trying to Kill Your Soul to Kill Your Sin: A Training in Self-Discipline Part 4

So then, what does real change require?

Apr 2 • Thad Cardine

When the Lie Feels Reasonable and Truth is Negotiated

Scriptural Reflection: Philippians 2:15-16

Apr 2 • Thad Cardine

Stop Calling Parts of Yourself Evil: A Training in Self-Discipline Part Three

As we pursue self-discipline, many of us eventually run into the same wall.

Apr 1 • Thad Cardine

Our Minds Are Soaked in Moral Meaning: A Training in Self-Discipline Part Two

We often talk about self-discipline as if it were mainly a matter of clamping down, cutting back, and forcing ourselves into a smaller life.

Mar 31 • Thad Cardine

Why Comfort Is Making Us Miserable

We live in the most comfortable age in human history.

Feb 11 • Thad Cardine

Why You Spiral and How to Break Free of Self-Sabotage

If you keep treating self-defeating spirals like a “skills problem,” you’ll keep losing to them, because most spirals aren’t mainly a lack of tools.

Jan 13 • Thad Cardine

A Simple Guide to Make Scripture Come Alive: The 10-Minute Habit to Rejuvenate Your Faith

Jan 7 • Thad Cardine

Eggplant on Pancakes: Why Truth Matters More Than Labels

The Truth About Berries—and the Lies We Live By

Aug 14, 2025 • Thad Cardine

You Are What You Choose: There Is No Middle Ground

Freedom Will Break You (Unless You Know This)

Aug 5, 2025 • Thad Cardine

Screens Are Shaping Our Souls–And We Let Them

Guarding the Home in the Age of the Algorithm

Jul 28, 2025 • Thad Cardine

Restless? Fall Forward: Why God’s Greatest Heroes Are Often His Biggest Projects First

Augustine wanted to be brilliant.

Jul 24, 2025 • Thad Cardine

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