What Peace Are You Fighting for?

Fighting for Peace If peace is freedom from distress, then we, as Christians, should be fighting for peace every day. We should be spending time, energy, and money on bringing peace to as many people as we can.   But how?   That’s a good question. In some ways, “bringing peace” sounds so big –…

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Ep. 075: Legalism and Grace

Legalism and Grace From ancient Israel, to New Testament Pharisees, to priests and monks in the Medieval Church, to modern day North American Christians – legalism can definitely spread its roots in the church. Legalism can make it seem as though godliness is a super disciplined life. Marci Preheim, our guest this week, felt this…

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Seeker-Sensitive or Seeker-Serious?

God’s Word is Piercing I’ve come to understand and experience that reading the Bible daily brings great joy.   I’ve come to know in part what King David meant when he wrote that God’s precepts rejoice the heart (Psalm 19:8). I’ve also experienced what the writer of Hebrews said about the Bible when they wrote…

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Faith, Love & Hope

Multiple times in the New Testament we read of faith, hope, and love in the same thought (1 Corinthians 13:13, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 5:8-9, 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4, Jude 22-21). Why is this? Because faith, hope, and love play an essential role in the life of the believer. [Now, just as a reminder, you can only…

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