Kim Thompson-Pinder You have just received your first Bible, and you excitedly sit down to read it. You can’t wait to read God’s Word. You are hungry for it, but where to start? If you are like most people, you start at the beginning with Genesis. You read the stories...
Jennell Houts Jesus Christ took the Jewish people and religious leaders by surprise when He dismantled many of their traditions. In Mark 7:9 He said to some religious leaders, “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.” As the Son of God, Jesus...
Bas Boshuizen In our world, Monday has a bad reputation. For just being a day of the week, it gets a lot of negative attention. Songs have been written about how bad Monday is, your Facebook feed will clutter up with clever and not-so-clever jokes on all that’s wrong with...
Jennell Houts Whether you’re a newer Christian or you’ve been a believer for a long time, you probably know that temptation and testing are something you will deal with periodically. But what’s the difference between testing and temptation? And what’s the purpose of them? God Tests Us God doesn’t tempt...
Bas Boshuizen Technology has dramatically changed life in the past decade. With instant internet access on (most of) our phones, we have the world under our fingertips. At the same time, we run the risk of limiting the world just to our fingertips, missing out on at least four other...
Rachelle Butow In life, there are a lot of things that can keep us from being all that God has created us to be. Sometimes, God can give us dreams that seem absolutely impossible and almost inconceivable. A few people jump in, and they follow after those dreams regardless of...
Kim Thompson-Pinder Have you ever felt like a complete and total failure in life? Have you made mistakes that you felt you could never get over? Do you look at yourself in the mirror and wonder how God could ever love such a mess-up as you? If you said “yes”...
Kim Thompson-Pinder If you are like me, you love sitting in church on Sunday worshipping God and hearing the Word. There are times that His presence is so real and you can actually feel Him on the inside and it is so peaceful and wonderful that you could stay there...
Jennell Houts You don’t have to look far to see that there are many problems and challenges in our world today. Maybe you feel overwhelmed and wonder how you can make a difference. The truth is, changing our world starts with changing us! As individuals and families who love God,...
Johanna Lynch Kelly is a 15-year-old schoolgirl. She has 823 “friends” on Facebook but feels she has nobody to talk to about how unhappy she is at home. Marjory is 78 years old. Since her husband and sister died the only people she talks to are the supermarket checkout girls...
