The Word can be a stumbling block for people’s understanding of God. That’s why Jesus said, “Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me” (Mat 11:6). Many times we come with expectations of how Jesus—the Living Word of God—should say things in Scripture, lead our lives, or

On Wednesday evening, during our new LIFE Lessons series, “The Inner Struggle for Holiness,” we revisited the covenants God made with five Old Testament biblical heroes of the faith. A covenant is formed as a relational bond—a binding agreement to participate in a common goal for success. The covenants God

Last Sunday, in our sermon time, I mentioned how Saul was persecuting Christians in Jerusalem and decided to head for Damascus in order to destroy or murder even more early believers. It was on the road to Damascus, Saul encountered the Lord, was thrown to the ground, and found himself

We have all tasted the metaphorical “storms of life” in the past [e.g. hardships, challenges, financial trouble, severed relationships, etc.], we may be living in a stormy season in the present, and in the future there will likely be more storms. These challenges are inevitable in a fallen world, but

For the past few days, we have read about God’s covenant promise [binding agreement to remain faithful] with several biblical characters. When David was getting ready to die, he gave a charge to his son, Solomon, by reminding him of the promise God had made, “If your descendants live as

A promise is precious when it is made sacrificially and wholeheartedly. The biblical definition of a promise from God is a divine guarantee of God’s commitment. Yesterday, we visited the promise God made to Joshua; a promise to be with him as he moved forward, by faith, from the Egyptian