Lessons from Israel
Lessons From Israel What comes to mind when you think about visiting Israel? Is it biblical sites and a spiritual experience? Do you...
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Letter to a Young Wife at Christmas
Dear sister, I truly hope that your Christmas season has been filled with light and joy and a sense of hopeful anticipation. But I’m...
Letter to a Young Husband at Christmas
Christmas isn’t the same as it was when you were a kid. I don’t know about your Christmases, but when I was a boy, Christmas was...
The Price IS Right
“After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied” Isaiah 53:11a While they were wondering about this, suddenly...
Don’t Overlook the Details
It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones. (Exodus 12:46) He protects all...
No Greater Love
By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the...
A Seat Among Sinners
Because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for...
A Rejected Valentine
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was...
Silent Knight
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers...
The Price is Right?
And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of...
An Unlikely King
Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a...
The Real True Story of Jesus’ Birth
By Staff Minister Brandon Steenbock Years ago at a church in Minnesota I was in charge of an annual Live Nativity event. We had a massive...
Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?
By: Staff Minister Brandon Steenbock If you’re a Christmas celebrating disciple of Jesus, chances are you have been told that the...
Hindsight is 20/20
By Tim Babler I was never much of a fan of the phrase, “Hindsight is 20/20”. Of course it is! It’s so much easier to look...
New Year, New Me
January 1, 2021 By Tim Babler “New Year, New Me!” This is a phrase that seems to be the most popular hashtag and social media post of...
A Christmas Letter to College Students
Written by Staff Minister Michael Hennig Dear college students, It’s just a matter of time before we reach Christmas of 2020, and I know...
Christmas is War
Written by Young Adult Staff Minister Brandon Steenbock In a world that’s always winter and never Christmas, the appearance of Father...
Christmas Trees
Written by Young Adult Staff Minister Brandon Steenbock The day after Thanksgiving, my family and I drove to a tree farm, rode a wagon over...
Was Jesus Born On December 25th?
Written by Young Adult Staff Minister Brandon Steenbock It happens every year at Christmas time. Amid the joy and laughter, the quiet...
Are There Degrees of Glory in Heaven?
By Dr. John Parlow People will sometimes ask if there are degrees of glory in heaven. In other words, are there different “levels” in...