Ready for the Return of Christ?
“Jesus is coming back soon — look busy!” That was a bumper sticker I once saw. It made me laugh! And although busyness isn’t the issue (faithfulness is), it reminded me of something vital: That...
Mental health and the role gratitude plays
Mental health is something we don’t talk about as much as we should. There’s a lot of stigma. Some people think that physical well-being is simply more important. (You can see a broken leg, but you...
Convenience or Obedience?
I’m a naturally skeptical person. Maybe you are too. And yet, Christianity is based on a miracle—Jesus rising from the dead. Even if you concede that miracles may have happened in the past, maybe you’re...
Hanging by a thread (When miracles DON’T happen)
Have you ever prayed for a miracle and it didn’t happen? Have you ever wondered why God didn’t act? Have you ever been told that you just didn’t believe enough? In these moments we can feel very...
Is God Actually God?
When you open the Bible, you won’t be reading for long before you run into miracles. A man lives inside the belly of a huge fish, water is turned into wine, the blind receive their...
God’s miracles follow God’s mission
When you read the Bible miracles are all over the place. Moses hears from God at a bush that isn’t burned up, water is turned into wine, and corpses come back to life. And if...
Alt Right? Alt Left?–And Jesus
We live in polarizing and controversial times. Race riots make the news, Google and Facebook are accused of suppressing speech and certain voices they disagree with, there’s the controversial sex-ed curriculum debate, ‘identity politics’ is...
Is the point of life to be a good person?
Is the point of life to be a good person? That’s certainly what a lot of people think. And it’s not like there isn’t SOME truth in that statement—there is. But it certainly isn’t the...
Are followers of Jesus supposed to have it all together?
Are followers of Jesus supposed to “have it all together”? That was today’s question as a part of our latest teaching series: “Oops! – Half-truths we believe, how they hurt us, and how biblical truth...
God loves you as you are, but…
Have you ever tried to go somewhere with only half a map? Have you ever tried to assemble a BBQ with basic picture prompts but instructions that were in a different language? Have you ever...