Practical ways to battle anxiety.

This is a second post to supplement tonight’s study. Tonight we’re going to look at some of the roots of our common battle with anxiety. Back in the beginning of 2015 we took a Monday night to look at some practical ways to fight the battle. I thought the...

What if God wasn’t like this?

Go ahead and just read this, and then, if you want to, read on below… The Active and Passive Sides of God’s Love From a lecture by Gordon Fee, recounting the morning that he sat in his study to work on 1 Corinthians 13:4 for his commentary: I remember the...

God’s Alternative to Philadelphia

On Monday we looked at God’s solution to the world’s problems, as it spreads from, and then affects, one person at a time. This is, of course, the Spirit empowered sharing of the message of Jesus to broken people who need it. Here’s a passage from...

Why doesn’t our faith move mountains?

Happy New Year! Here’s a great post from New Testament scholar Tom Schreiner: Why Doesn’t Our Faith Move Mountains? Peter tells us Paul wrote some things that are hard to understand (2 Pet. 3:16). Jesus said some difficult things, too.  Twice the Lord told his...