Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep ...
Many years ago, I stood at the checkout in a liquor store in my hometown. I was bringing home the sparkling cider for our family’s Christmas dinner.
The woma...
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ou...
So with the exit of 2020, we launched out to start a new church.
The first two weeks were tremendous, with new people showing up out of nowhere. We had a highl...
Have you had several things come together simultaneously so that without one, the other couldn't have happened or couldn't have been as successful?
Science i...
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. -Psalm 43:5
Begin...
Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are.
Those are the words Jesus uses to begin what we know as “The Lord’s Prayer.” Of course, the version you might know...
When Scripture indicates that Christians should be able to rejoice in their suffering (Rom. 5:3-5) because of the hope we have in the Gospel, it can be difficul...
Teaching through Leviticus can do strange things to you.
Between all the sacrifices and laws and weird details about menstrual cycles and eating shellfish, s...
I have never been part of a church that did it, but I've often heard about workshops or classes that purport to help believers discover what their spiritual gif...
Have you ever wondered why so many romantic films are so popular? Unrequited love. Boy meets girl, girl falls in love, and then they part. And girl deals with d...
Sometimes when I hear Christians talk about marriage, it sounds a bit idealistic. Some “if you do things God’s way…” promises feel a recipe for happily ever aft...