Through and To

For as long as there have been people, there have been false teachings about how to find hope, healing, and wholeness. That is true throughout the Bible and is still true today. Plus, people are look…

Being citizens of the kingdom of heaven who reside in the empire requires being humble and obedient to the point of dying to ourselves and the narrative that surrounds us so we can find true life in …

When Jesus paid the debt for our transgression, everything that had transpired from before the foundation of the world, that was set in place for Jews, that they have been living into for millennia -…

Sometimes, people say they're Christians, but their actions betray that profession. It's easy to think, "are they really Christians?" Paul writes to the church in Rome about this and we have a lot to…

Where is God in my suffering? How can He be good if there's suffering in the world? That's a deep question best answered through deep, personal conversations with trusted friends. 

BUT, as a starting …

The Bible contains some squirmy stories and sayings. You know, those things that make you shift in your seat a little because they're just a little too far outside your comfort zone. One of those squ…

Moses spent 40 days and 40 nights in the physical presence of the Lord and came back to the Israelites with God's glory shining off him like a stadium light. He covered that glory with a veil so the …

The greatest of all gifts is not a visible manifestation like prophecy or tongues or leadership. It's the quiet internal motivation that fuels all the other gifts.

Love is the only gift that lasts for…

When I was 13, a neighbor got a new drum set…and GAVE me his old one! It was a piece of junk, really. To him, it was essentially trash. To me, though, it was an absolute treasure. 

That’s how it can b…

You are the only human being who knows exactly what’s going on inside your head and heart at every moment, but you're not the only person. 

The Holy Spirit is a person. He and Christ are one. So, to h…

God made us to be better together. Arguably, he made us to be whole when we’re together. 

God exists in community with himself and we are the dwelling place of God. That means the full life Jesus came…

When people need help, the Community of Faith (Christians anywhere) should be the first place they think to go. BUT...people inside and outside the community of faith won’t even think to turn to the …

When disciples - the people who are learning, practicing, and reproducing the way of Jesus - carry out the Bible’s commands for living in community, regardless of where or how we worship, we will imp…

How do we navigate the messy middle of embracing Jesus, allowing him to lead us out of slavery to sin and death by choosing to stay connected to him and deciding to obey his teaching while simultaneo…

The story of Exodus presents a pattern that repeats throughout the whole Bible: out of slavery, through the wilderness, and into freedom. Out, through, in. We live in this pattern today and it will f…

Sin is one of those topics that some people say you can't talk about enough and others say you shouldn't talk about at all. There are a lot of reasons for both of those extremes, but a healthy approa…

Genesis 2 tells about two noteworthy trees in the Garden of Eved: on that provides life and one that opens the door to death. The first humans chose death, but Jesus is present in the Garden and alre…

The Bible is one big collection of stories, songs, poems, letters, lessons, and more about our relationship with God - and ALL of it points to Jesus. This includes eating good fruit with bad results,…