Ruth Clemence
It’s very easy to point the finger at someone who has visibly done something wrong, but what about wrong thinking? Is our thought life important? One of the commandments is “You shall no...
Greg Grandchamp
Believers and non-believers alike each want to suppose we are good people, don’t we? Oh, we know we mess up sometimes. We know we do things we shouldn’t. But overall, we’re good people. The thing is –...
Lisa Loraine Baker
Most all of us love to get a fun gift. But does the Bible have anything to say about this practice, and can it actually be used to glorify God?...
Sheila Alewine
The concept of debt forgiveness is essential to understanding God’s view of forgiveness. We can only practice forgiveness to the degree that we are aware of our own need for it, and this begins with o...
Perfection is the goal of God’s sanctifying work in us. He’s not merely making us better than we are; he is conforming us to the image of his Son....
Britt Mooney
Before the flood, people lived for hundreds of years. This seems like a fantasy or myth to us today, especially when local TV stations celebrate when someone reaches a century. Even after God covered ...
Meg Bucher
The Crucifixion of Jesus is the cornerstone of the Christian faith. All of Scripture leads up to this pinnacle moment in the history of humanity. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, gave His life in order t...
Rylie Fine
Lots of people talk about "the gospel message means..." or how to life a "gospel-centered life." But what really is the gospel?...
Bethany Pyle
Sometimes a particular line in a Christmas carol sticks out. And after the year we've had, that line is definitely "a weary world rejoices" from O Holy Night. We are all weary this Christmas. And if w...
Stephen Baker
God will give his people new bodies and bring them into a new heavens and new earth untarnished by sin and death (1 Corinthians 15; Revelation 21:1-8). But first someone had to make the way for God’s ...
Lisa Loraine Baker
When a pastor acknowledges the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior yet preaches that man must do good works to earn and/or keep his place in heaven, that’s the glawspel. It takes a keen eye and a dis...
Meghan Trapp
Hamartiology may roll off the tongue, but it's a very important subject: the study of sin, and what we do now that sin has separated us from God....
Lisa Loraine Baker
We see the word covenant in many church names, but what is a covenant? What does it mean when theologians say an Adamic covenant goes back to the Garden of Eden?...
Sometimes when we come to passages like Matthew’s condensed Christmas story, we don’t come with that childlike curiosity and wonder—looking at the everyday with awe, perceiving the familiar as fascina...