Christianity does not ultimately rest on the assertion that God delivered a perfectly dictated text whose divine origin can be demonstrated by claims of flawless transmission.
I pray my children see God’s faithfulness not in the riches of this world, but in the riches of grace through Christ Jesus.
Calling oneself a “Bible-believing Christian” fails to account for the fact that every belief system, knowingly or unknowingly, arises out of a particular history.

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Pentecost is a flashback. It drives us back to the past. It also propels us forward into the future.
1517 would not exist without the leadership, friendship, and faithfulness of Pastor Ron Hodel.
So, we pray. Not just in times of need, but we pray at all times. Because this is part of what it means to be saved.
Armed with great analogies, airtight logic, and razor sharp wit, Lewis keeps you spellbound from one chapter to another as you find yourself going “further up and further in.”
Darkness is not your only friend. Jesus loves you, and he will be with you.
Jesus opens for us a way to walk through suffering and to sing our song of salvation as we talk to our heavenly Father.
What we have in our reading is a picture of how God deals with a lack of understanding.
Today, Jesus comes as your Good Shepherd. You recognize His voice.
The days after Easter are strange. We are slowly returning to our patterns of Church life and family life after the festivities of Easter. Yet, we need to be careful we do not become too comfortable.
On every page, in every theme, in every major character and every major plot twist, we are invited to see God’s unfolding work to make all things new and whole in Jesus.
The Savior wasn’t always forthright with his intentions behind using and relaying certain parabolic narratives.
Jesus died for the people who put Him to death. Jesus rose for the people whose minds rejected the idea of a resurrection.