Do you think the Christian life will lift you out of trouble? Don’t wish in the wrong direction, God often draws us deeper into the stuff of creation and that doesn’t always mean safety. But He doesn’t abandon us to face the troubles of life alone. We see this with David here in Psalm 34… […]
What differentiates a believer and a skeptic? How do we act and live out our lives when we submit to God as our master instead of ourselves? In Proverbs 30 we see this explored… GOD? WHO NEEDS HIM? 1-2 The skeptic swore, “There is no God! No God!—I can do anything I want! I’m more animal […]
Jesus lays dead in a tomb. His followers are distraught. One betrayed him, another denied him three times. They keep their distance, riddled with anxiety about their fate. But not all hide away; women who had been with him since Galilee prepared burial spices and returned to the tomb after resting on the Sabbath… LOOKING […]
There can be no Easter without death. There is no resurrection, in all it’s death-defying glory, without the pain and injustice of the cross. But even in His moment of greatest suffering, Christ reassured and saved. Darkness will come, but we belong to a savior that defeated it… and will do so again. 33 When they […]
Haggai’s message doesn’t sound very spiritual. Instead of “repent” he says “rebuild”. Instead of focusing on our own homes and ambitions, he calls us to realign our priorities. It is a practical directive that will lead to essential growth. A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: “The people procrastinate. They say this isn’t the right time to rebuild my […]
