Resting Means Actively “Faithing”
By Randy Edwards Romans 8:18-25 Believing in Jesus is the most counter-cultural thing you and I will ever do. While the world chases down instant gratification, demands quick solutions, politicizes…
The Blessing of Waiting
By Rubye Box Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be…
The Gift of Presence
By Randy Blanton Jeremiah 29:11-13 I am often puzzled by those who misuse human suffering as a litmus test to question the reality of God’s love. “If God is love,”…
The Well that Never Runs Dry
By Barbara Higdon Psalm 63:1-8 “All day I’ve faced a barren waste/Without a taste of water,” sang the Sons of the Pioneers. “Old Dan and I with throats burnt dry/And…
My Hope
By Erica Hanchey Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 NIV Isaiah’s…
Offering for Global Missions – 1
On the leading edge of the modern missionary movement, Baptists have been forming together, making disciples of all nations through long-term presence and commitment to serve the most forgotten and…
Anxious Rest Broken By Harmonic Hope
By Garrett Vickrey Isaiah 40:1-5 If you were to put the book of Isaiah to a musical score there would be a whole rest between chapters 39 and 40. If…
Election Day Communion
By Ellen Di Giosia During the course of this election season, the airwaves have been filled with divisive rhetoric, accusations of illegal and immoral behavior, and a shocking coarsening of…
God is Always Good | A Psalm
During our weekly Youth Gathering on August 7, we concluded our study of the book of Psalms by writing our own Psalms to God. Some students wrote their own words,…
The God who Saves | A Psalm
During our weekly Youth Gathering on August 7, we concluded our study of the book of Psalms by writing our own Psalms to God. Some students wrote their own words,…