We remember the book of Revelation as a book full of symbols and sometimes seemingly harsh judgments. Today we dive into the first chapters exploring these judgements but what we discover is God’s patient and loving heart behind it all.
A door is opened and John steps into the very Throne Room of God! As we stand behind John and take in everything he sees, we find ourselves filled with questions but also overwhelmed with awe.
You’ve got mail! Who doesn’t remember the sound out that echoing throughout the house when you loaded your emails? It caused interest and excitement as you waited for the list of new mail to load. Today, however, we are overwhelmed with emails and often hope we DON”T have mail. Nevertheless, personal letters in the form […]
Can you imagine being “in the zone” in your worship time and someone interrupting you? It’s happened to many of us. But can you imagine turning around to see the source of the interruption only to discover Jesus standing there?!? Suddenly, the interruption is no interruption at all! When Jesus shows up, we pay attention. […]
How do you sum up the future? Not next week or next year, but the eternal future? Often in our attempts to concisely summarize what our future in Christ holds, we may truncate God’s message so much that we actually loose what God has said! Today, we explore what our future in Christ looks like […]
When we think of our favorite people in the bible, Samson usually falls on the list somewhere. He’s the big, strong, almost-superhero like character we grew up loving. However, as we dig in a little deeper into his story, we discover that he illustrates how “not to live” more so than how we want to […]
What if the answer is “yes?” When we are asking the question “did God really say” and the answer is yes, does that end our conversation? Well, sometimes it does… but other times, it simply means we need to keep looking at God’s words even more! Context matters and sometimes we take what God HAS […]
Want does God want you to be? We’d like to assume that God just wants us to be happy – that whatever makes us feel good makes God feel good. Yet as we look at scripture, we discover that God want us to be something but something much more, and better, than merely happy…
Having a bad day? Don’t worry… God won’t give you more than you can handle. Have many times have we said that to others? Have many times have we said it to ourselves? But did God really say He won’t give us more than we can handle? And if He didn’t, what DID He say?
We often hear it said that “money is the root of all evil” which has lead many Christians to struggle with what do whenever they come into some financial resources. The problem, however, is that this isn’t exactly what God actually said. As we look at what God has said, we not only find space […]