Reading the Bible aloud can be dangerous. When you hear your own voice speaking these timeless words, when you sense God’s presence beneath, around, and through them, when you wish you could ignore the truth, yet desperately need to believe—then … Read More
The 20 Verses You Love Most: #16 Start to Finish
31 Comments | Posted on 05/08/13 | Categories: Blog, The 20 Verses You Love Most
If you’re independent, in a hurry, and like to be in charge, this week’s favorite verse just might push a few buttons. (I confess, my hand is up.) If you’re a team player, happy to wait your turn, and don’t … Read More
The 20 Verses You Love Most: #17 Acts of Love
49 Comments | Posted on 05/01/13 | Categories: Blog, The 20 Verses You Love Most
Some of us like to keep things simple. “Just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it.” Especially if we’ve messed up, we want a list showing us how to fix what’s broken. One, two, three. Check off each … Read More
The 20 Verses You Love Most: #18 Fear Not
91 Comments | Posted on 04/24/13 | Categories: Blog, The 20 Verses You Love Most
Fear can stalk us, linger in the shadows, track us down, paralyze us. Sometimes our fears are nameless, faceless. And sometimes we know exactly why we’re afraid, and who or what we dread most. Yet God says throughout his Word, … Read More
The 20 Verses You Love Most: #19 Open House
61 Comments | Posted on 04/17/13 | Categories: Blog, The 20 Verses You Love Most
Are you worried about something? Nervous, troubled, fretful, stressed? You’ve come to the right place, because the Lord is here. As our scene opens, Jesus is speaking privately with his disciples, his closest followers and friends, comforting and encouraging them as his … Read More
The 20 Verses You Love Most: #20 Unfailing Mercy
37 Comments | Posted on 04/10/13 | Categories: Blog, The 20 Verses You Love Most
After tallying nearly 1,000 of your favorite verses, we have a Top 20 list that may surprise you. It includes 11 verses from the Old Testament, and 9 from the New, with 4 verses from a certain OT book (not … Read More
The 20 Verses You Love Most: Let’s Begin
433 Comments | Posted on 04/03/13 | Categories: Blog, The 20 Verses You Love Most
What is the one verse that nourishes and sustains you, year in and year out? You know the one. Your life verse. Your mission statement. Your word from the Lord. The verse you’ve memorized, posted on a bulletin board, stitched … Read More
The Women of Easter: “I Have Seen the Lord!”
41 Comments | Posted on 03/27/13 | Categories: Bible Study: The Women of Easter, Blog
The first Easter. There are no white lilies in pots wrapped in dark green foil, no baskets full of chocolate and jelly beans, no brightly colored eggs scattered across the lawn, no stuffed bunnies tucked beside a child’s pillow. This … Read More
The Women of Easter: In Search of Jesus
41 Comments | Posted on 03/20/13 | Categories: Bible Study: The Women of Easter, Blog
When Jesus takes his final breath on Friday afternoon, his followers lose all hope. Although the Lord promised them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days” (John 2:19), they see only the here and now—a … Read More
The Women of Easter: At the Cross, At the Tomb
57 Comments | Posted on 03/13/13 | Categories: Bible Study: The Women of Easter, Blog
The waving branches of Palm Sunday have long been stilled. It is Friday now. Only the deepest kind of love could bring the followers of Jesus to “The Place of the Skull,” to Golgotha. We hear the women’s plaintive cries, … Read More