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November 04, 2024

Strengthened to Endure Suffering

17 It is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered for...
October 28, 2024

Peacemaking and Coffee

Today’s a great day! Today, in many ways, marks the culmination of a dream that began many years ago with Bob, our...
October 14, 2024

The Christian Superpower

We continue our series in 1 Peter, Exiles in Our Land. We’re learning a deeper identity as God’s people and with God’s...
October 07, 2024

Foreigners at War

One of the amazing perks to my job is that I have the opportunity to bring people around the world to share both good...
November 04, 2024

Strengthened to Endure Suffering

17 It is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered for...
October 28, 2024

Peacemaking and Coffee

Today’s a great day! Today, in many ways, marks the culmination of a dream that began many years ago with Bob, our...
October 14, 2024

The Christian Superpower

We continue our series in 1 Peter, Exiles in Our Land. We’re learning a deeper identity as God’s people and with God’s...

Healed by His Wounds

Introduction Sometime back, I was looking at a notebook journal my wife had picked up at TJ Maxx. The cover said, “Be Still and Know.” So I opened...

Wake Up!

Introduction We’re in a very exciting section of Isaiah in our series Yahweh Alone is God.  The energy of the whole of Isaiah 40–55 is like the...

A Journey of Joy

Introduction At some point my son got too big, so we stopped doing the yearly trek to Florida, the 20-hour drive each way. But for many years, it...

The Abundant Life is the Dependent Life

Introduction The lie that has endured all generations, all the way back to the actions of the first created people, is that the abundant life is the...

Hope for the Hopeless

The trash in our subdivision gets picked up on Tuesday. So on Monday night it’s common to see trucks drive slowly down the street to see what kinds...

When Your Enemy is Yourself

Introduction We come to the end of the first section of Isaiah 40–55. What a journey it’s been so far! The audience is the exiled community from...