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A Question About Divine Identity – Matthew 16:15–18

God’s Patient Love

When I give our beautiful, fluffy Norwegian Forest cat Mystique belly rubs and play with her, or when she falls asleep on my lap in the evening, ...

Dumb Arguments – 2 Timothy 2:23

Grafted into God’s Family

During a visit with my father to his beloved Ecuador a few years ago, we visited the family farm where he grew up. I noticed a group of strange t...

God Hears Her | Aging Gratefully (with Heather Creekmore)

Guest Bio: Heather Creekmore writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week, inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. She’s t...

Equally Loved, Equally Valued – 1 Corinthians 11:3

Built on Christ

We have all sorts of names for groups of animals. No doubt you’ve heard of a flock of sheep, a herd of cattle, or even a gaggle of geese. B...

Discover the Word | Prophecy, Prophets, and Jesus | Week 1

What comes to mind when you hear the words “prophet” and “prophecy?” Often we think of someone who is a spiritual meteorologist who forec...

Church Standards – Acts 6:1

“Ain’t No Grave”

Even as country music legend Johnny Cash was approaching death, he was determined to keep making music. His final album, American VI: Ain’t...

Setting Boundaries with Your Family – Colossians 4:6

Good Congee

Jocelyn’s bestselling dish at her food stall was her congee. She’d stir the rice porridge very carefully until it had a smooth consis...

Words Speak What Your Heart Is Made Of – Matthew 12:33–34

Kingdom-Shaped Workplace

The factories of Victorian England were dark places. Fatalities were high, and workers often lived in poverty. “How can the working man cul...

A Cracked Heart – Matthew 18:15-17

Retrieval Practice

Have you ever been in the middle of telling a story and then stopped, stuck on a detail like a name or date you couldn’t recall. We often c...

Unknown Heroes Are Still Known – Matthew 27:32

Colors of Hope

On September 11, 2023—the twenty-second anniversary of the attacks against the United States—a stunning double rainbow graced the ski...

The Generosity Cycle – Proverbs 11:25

Spiritual Royalty

When Jay Speights of Rockville, Maryland, took a DNA test, nothing could have prepared him for the results he received. They contained a big surp...

God Hears Her | Ask, Seek, Knock (with Deb Hopper)

Guest Bio: Deb Hopper spent the first 25 years of her professional career serving in the church and working in the corporate world. After 10 year...

The Comparison Game – Proverbs 14:30

Remaining in Jesus

A fire burned Balsora Baptist Church to the ground. As emergency workers and community members gathered after the blaze subsided, they were surpr...

Discover the Word | It’s Complicated – The Life of Solomon

Filled with faith, hope, love, and promise, wise King Solomon begins in the right place. But his life got increasingly more and more complicated,...