Theme of the Day: Not Glee And Gratitude, But Rejection And Resentment If ministry involves serving others with love and compassion, you would think that people would respond only with glee and gratitude for the help they received. Sometimes, but not always. If you offer to help a family member who is having trouble paying […]

Theme of the Day: The Living Lord Completely Changes Our View Of Death Most people fear death to some degree. Some fear death because they assume it is the end. Others fear death because they assume it isn’t the end at all, but that there is some sort of reckoning after death which might not […]

Theme of the Day: Our Gracious God Is With Us Through All The Storms Of Life A powerful tornado rolls through your neighborhood. A massive hurricane heads straight for your city. A bolt of lightning sends 300 million volts to earth. The raw power and unpredictability of storms can inspire both awe and terror. We […]

Theme of the Day: From The Tiniest Seed Grows The Largest Kingdom Usually, a kingdom advances and is secured through things like military might or political force or worldly wealth. It can be tempting to believe the same holds true in the kingdom of God. Perhaps we think churches would flourish if we had the […]

Theme of the Day: The Devil Does His Worst, Yet Jesus Always Wins Look at our lives—the problems, the pains—and it’s easy to conclude that we are losing. Look at the world—the brokenness, the bedlam—and it’s easy to believe that the devil is winning. It all can lead us to despair. Yet this turmoil is […]