Foundations: The Beginning (The 5:15)

Every story has a beginning. In the great story of the Bible, the beginning is with God. He is creating; His Spirit is hovering over chaos ready to generate beauty; His Word is bringing forth a new world fro...

Jesus and the Journeryers: A One Story Overview

It's Friday morning. I'm sitting in my living room. And as I look around I realize everything has a story: Meeting my wife. Adopting our puppy. Wrapping the tattered cover of my old blue Bible with packing...

Praying for the Party!

This week will end our Summer in the Psalms, and we shall end it with one of my personal favorites, Psalm 67. It is a song seeking and savoring the Smile of God. If you want to practice for Sunday, say “God del...

An Acceptable Sacrifice

How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! -Psalm 133:1 There is something hard-wired into our hearts that longs for unity. Something deep within us resonates when it’s present. A...

One Day

If you knew you had just one day to live, how would you live it? Downloads Notes Transcript Video Audio iTunes...

God’s Heart for Tomorrow

If you've ever held a child in your arms as you rocked them to sleep and prayed over them, you have experienced a glimpse into the heart of God. God has plans for His children. His dreams are not only for that ...

Beauty out of Chaos

I love the Louis Armstrong song, What a Wonderful World. It reminds me of all that is good in the world. It springs into my mind often when I am in the mountains or at the ocean shore. Whenever it plays in my m...

If

Psalm 138:2 You have exalted above all things your name and your word. How do you feel about the Bible? Should we have an emotional reaction to the Scriptures? Does the Bible bore you? Or does the Word of God r...

Ponder Well

Have you ever pondered the reality that the God of all Creation thinks over us and about us, has affection and love for us? David asks the question in Psalm 8 “What is man that you are mindful of us?” We're go...

Listening Skills

“God, save me, from me!” Many of the Psalms promise protection from our enemies, but what if the greatest enemy is us? Sunday we will explore Psalm 19. Read it; marinate in it; meditate on it. This Psalm is...