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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...

The Fall of Empire

Introduction As we continue our series Isaiah: Yahweh Alone is God, we come to a text that features the fall of empire. The historical empire whose...

False vs. True Religion

Introduction Around the same time that Isaiah prophesied, a certain character within Greek mythology came about: Sisyphus. There are various...

Unlikely Ways, Unending Hope

Introduction We continue our series in Isaiah Yahweh Alone is God, and today that fact is on display as when a diamond is set on black velvet and...

Remember. Return. Redeemed!

Introduction Obsession. What is obsession? My dog’s fascination with food. You know it when you see it. Young love tends to be obsessive. The...

A New Thing!

We’re in Isaiah 40–55, some of the most rapturous chapters in all of Scripture, and I am not using that word lightly. Rapturous. At the universal...