A Counter Story
Yvonne Biel2022-07-01T20:25:27-06:00Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Genesis 1:2 Stop and imagine this scene. Let your mind’s [...]
Curtail Evil or Let it Slide?
Kathleen Petersen2025-06-17T13:39:27-06:00For the last few decades, some highly visible Christian leaders and organizations have provided a steady supply of scandals that make other Christians cringe. Why do too many of us turn a blind eye [...]
Count the Cost
Aaron Bjorklund2025-06-19T10:37:58-06:00Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. - Romans 12:1 [...]
Who’s King?
Yvonne Biel2025-06-17T13:39:51-06:00But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of [...]
What is your Heart Attitude toward God?
Grace Hunter2022-06-26T17:46:21-06:00In the LORD’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him. A person may think their own ways are right, but the LORD weighs the heart. [...]
Practice to Obey
Carolyn Schmitt2022-06-26T17:13:50-06:00Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as obeying the voice of the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice and to heed is better than the fat of rams. (1 [...]
The World is Peripheral to the Church | Ephesians 1:22-23, Hebrews 2:8
Kathleen Petersen2025-06-11T13:22:54-06:00At the center of all this, Christ rules the church. The church, you see, is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ’s body, in which [...]
The Power of Jesus | Ephesians 1:19-23
Dan Elliott2025-06-17T13:43:24-06:00“…oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength! All this energy issues from Christ: God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep [...]
Eyes of Your Heart May Be Enlightened | Ephesians 1:18
Grace Hunter2025-06-17T13:43:27-06:00For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. [...]
Gratitude for Our Hope | Ephesians 1:17-18
Aaron Bjorklund2025-06-19T10:38:07-06:00I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy [...]
