Sometimes we become so fixed on where we want to go that we cannot see how we are defeating ourselves. Jonah runs in the opposite direction when God sends him to Nineveh, raising questions we often avoid: Do we understand who God is, who we are, and how He sees the people we would rather leave behind?
Pastor Tim talks about what the Rich Young Ruler was missing and how it parallels the experience of the Prophet Jonah.
What does Biblical leadership look like? It looks just a “bit” different than what we see in the world.
What happens when the life you planned collapses and your worst failure seems to have settled what you can ever become? Exodus 3–4 brings that question to Moses, a fugitive tending sheep in the wilderness, when the holy God calls him from a burning bush and sends him toward the people and place he fled.
What does Paul have in mind when he talks about the gift of generosity? Living a generous life is more than just giving a certain percentage of what we have.
Pastor Tim continues our exploration of the Fruit of the Spirit by looking at the opposite of “gentleness” in this week’s devotional.
Is exhortation merely correcting people around us or is there something deeper to the calling to exhort?
Most of us know what it feels like to start strong in our faith and then quietly fizzle out from that initial strength — and the churches in Revelation 2–3 knew that feeling, too. As Jesus responds to them with a reward for the one who “conquers,” what does conquering look like for ordinary, fizzle-prone people like us?
Pastor Tim continues our exploration of the Fruit of the Spirit by looking at the opposite of “faithfulness” in this week’s devotional.
Teachers are sometimes elevated too much while sometimes teaching is held with too little regard. God calls us to something different.