by Bill Seng
“When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords.” ~Judges 7:22
I'm going to take a moment to talk politics without talking politics. I find politics and politicians to be interesting creatures....
by Katie Erickson
“Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands. The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the...
by Nathan Buck
There is nothing quite like that moment when you have clarity and confirmation on a big decision. I remember when my wife and I were praying through the invitation to start a new congregation in Findlay, OH. We didn't have any family near us, we were not well-connected...
by Charlie Wolcott
[This blog post is part of a series. The previous post is here, and the next post is here.]
One of the things the Bible makes clear is that if anything is to be successful, it must be initiated by God and completed by God. Anyone else is doing it in vain, and it will...
by Steve Risner
This is part 2 in a series inspired by a conversation I had with an atheist that I graduated from high school with. You can visit part 1 of this conversation here. I hope you find this information helpful in your discussions with atheists or scoffers or anyone that may...
by Bill Seng
“If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp.” ~Judges 7:10-11
A few months back, I watched a UFC fight featuring Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt as the main...
by Katie Erickson
“During that night the Lord said to Gideon, 'Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged...
by Ami Samuels
After one of our moves as a family, I found myself at a crossroads. I was a stay at home mom who no longer had children at home during the day. I remember waking up and putting on my “I have no purpose” sweatpants and my “I have no purpose” t-shirt and getting my husband...
by Nathan Buck
A persistent theme in human history is monumental change, brought through minimal resources - especially when that change is initiated by God. A persistent assumption, and doubt, in human history is that overwhelming circumstances cannot be changed without substantially...
by Charlie Wolcott
[This post is part of a series. The previous post is here, and the next post is here.]
One of the most common tag-lines we add to our prayers, besides “amen,” is “If it be your will…” Do we really understand what we are saying when we say this? I would suggest many...
by Steve Risner
I would like to begin a series today that was inspired by a conversation I had with a “Catholic atheist” that I graduated high school with. He was very excited to comment on a thread I was following about this terrible thing we call Christianity and how intellectually...
by Bill Seng
The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all others go home.” ~Judges 7:7
First of all, okay, maybe I over embellished things with the title… a little bit. You remember the battle of Thermopylae...
by Katie Erickson
“Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh. The Lord said to Gideon, 'You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or...
by Nathan Buck
The more publicly you live, the more scrutiny you are under. The more influence your words and actions have, the more push-back you are going to have. It is a simple principle that the more we are seen, the more others will have an opinion about who we are and what we...
by Charlie Wolcott
[This blog post is part of a series. The previous post is here, and the next post is here.]
As I continue this series on prayer, one thing that tends to make people uncomfortable is prayer with expectations. Do we actually expect God to come through? Do we have the...
by Steve Risner
This week, I plan to expand on a little information I gave in my last blog post about redshift and the evidence that seems to indicate we are very near the center of the universe. The atheist knows this information is destructive to their worldview and their origins myth,...
by Bill Seng
“But Joash replied to the hostile crowd around him, ‘Are you going to plead Baal’s cause? Are you trying to save him? Whoever fights for him shall be put to death by morning! If Baal really is a god, he can defend himself when someone breaks down his altar.’” ~Judges 6:31
I...
by Katie Erickson
“In the morning when the people of the town got up, there was Baal’s altar, demolished, with the Asherah pole beside it cut down and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar!
They asked each other, 'Who did this?'
When they carefully investigated, they were...
