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This week is election week in the United States. Does that make you nervous? Excited? Relieved? Are you anticipating good things, bad things, or something else entirely? It’s unusual for any nation’s election cycle to receive as much attention as this one has and its results will most likely have tremendous emotional consequences for millions […]

What does it take to change the atmosphere around us? How do we maintain our innocence while standing strong in the power of God? Sean Smith unpacks the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 10:16 where He sends us out as sheep among wolves, and what we learn is: it’s all about discernment. The basic reading

Jesus accomplished more than we can imagine. His life, death, resurrection, ascension, and ongoing reign will be a topic of discussion for all eternity. Among the many atonement theories that attempt to describe what Jesus accomplished on the cross, one historic standout is the Christus Victor theory. This model says, in essence, that Jesus died

Righteousness exalts a nation,    but sin is a reproach to any people.Proverbs 14:34 Early in the history of our faith, God spoke to Abraham. He told him that he was going to bless Abraham so that he could be a blessing to all the nations of the earth (Genesis 12). From the start it’s been God’s

I was recently discouraged about myself, frustrated at my lack of personal growth. I realized with a start that I had been living with a set of attitudes for a couple of weeks which were quite ugly. Unbelief in my heart was manifesting as irritability, isolation, and self pity. What discouraged me about this was

“…Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” Peace that surpasses understanding, which smashes through our logic and drags us behind it as it blazes a trail into the land of faith. This is what Jesus, our

A giant of the faith has passed on to his reward, silently and without fanfair. Who will pick up the mantle that has been left behind? Why not you? A man named Bobby Martz, a man you may have never heard of, has died. I consider Bobby part of the “old guard” of ministers who

“The woman said, ‘I know that Messiah’ (called Christ) ‘is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.’ Jesus answered, ‘I who speak to you am He’” (John 4:25–26 BSB). It is interesting to note that among the crowds of people who saw and heard Jesus, there were three responses to Him: The

What happened to George Floyd was a terrible wrong. It was evil. We are sickened to think that George Floyd, a brother in Christ, who was a model in his home city to other young men, has had his life taken so tragically and needlessly. The protests are important, and peaceful protests are part of

Elijah was a prophet. He stood against a wicked king and his wicked wife, and against all the corrupt culture around him. He prayed, and it stopped raining for three years. He prayed, and it rained again. He called down fire from heaven. Elijah was also human. James tells us he “was a man just