by Katie Erickson
God protects us in many ways that we don’t even know about. How many times have you almost been in a car accident, or very nearly avoided an awful situation? We probably don’t even know about many of the times God has protected us, but He does.
Today’s psalm, Psalm...
by Logan Ames
When I was in high school, I had to wear braces on my teeth for close to two years. I was told that was late compared to many people, but it was especially problematic for me because I played football during my sophomore and junior years. I had to wear a special mouthpiece...
by Charlie Wolcott
God has mastery over quantity. He knows how to take the tiny bit we have and make it run and last for precisely as long as it needs to. These miracles are different than the miracles of controlling weather where God is simply able to direct the natural causes. These...
by Steve Risner
“That's your interpretation,” is a very common response when I explain what Genesis tells us about the creation event and that the text was written as a historical narrative. This has always been a strange response, in my opinion. We're not talking about some hard to...
by Katie Erickson
“How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young — a place...
by Logan Ames
Anyone who is even a marginal fan of The Shawshank Redemption should know what comes immediately after the phrase in the above title: “AND THAT RIGHT SOON." That sentence just about sums up the plot of what is, in my opinion, one of the top five movies of all time. Andy...
by Charlie Wolcott
Over the past two weeks, I have written about how God has mastery over time and distance. There is so much more to what God controls. Today, I am going to talk about the weather. God has mastery over the weather. The first explicit statement about weather patterns...
by Katie Erickson
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain...
by Logan Ames
One of our most beloved words in the English language is “deserve." No, I haven’t taken a poll of any sort, but I am making that judgment based solely on the sheer volume of people I’ve come across in my life who complain about not getting what they feel they have a right...
by Charlie Wolcott
One of the attributes of the true God is that He is omnipresent. He is everywhere, in all places, and all times, all at once. One of the reasons God does not take physical form is because of His nature of being everywhere all at once. He is capable of revealing himself...
by Katie Erickson
Why do bad things happen to God's followers when God is good, and why do the wicked seem to prosper? These are questions that many people have struggled with, including the author of today’s psalm: Psalm 73. I encourage you to go to that link and read it before digging...
by Logan Ames
Because of my former position as an investigator for child abuse and neglect cases at the county level in Ohio, I’ve had the privilege of getting to know several judges pretty well. The judges I came to know worked hard for many years and demonstrated good judgment at lower...
by Charlie Wolcott
The major thing that got my brain stirring on this series of miracles was my church’s series on the eight miracles of the Gospel of John leading up to Easter this year. A comment that was made during the series was that Jesus showed mastery over time and over distance....
