by Katie Erickson
“When Israel came out of Egypt, Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back; the mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs.
Why was it, sea, that you fled? Why, Jordan,...
by Charlie Wolcott
Today, I wrap up the first quarter of my first full year of teaching at my high school. I teach both regular level physics and AP level physics. When I was a substitute, I saw the same issues I see now in physics. Students in general do not know how to do basic math...
by Steve Risner
Last week was part 5 of a series we've been doing on the literary style of Genesis and how it was intended to be taken. You can read the other parts at these links: here, here, here, and here. We began to talk about the idea that Genesis might be a polemic work against...
by Katie Erickson
When doing some research on this week’s psalm, Psalm 109, I read in a Biblical commentary and it is an “imprecatory” psalm. I honestly didn’t know what imprecatory meant, so I looked it up. Dictionary.com defines it as, “to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon...
by Charlie Wolcott
“For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” ~1 Corinthians 3:11
Paul declares that no one can lay down a foundation for how they will live their lives, nor can there be any hope or salvation other than Jesus Christ. The...
by Katie Erickson
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” (Psalm 107:1)
If that verse sounds familiar, it could be because it’s also the first verse of Psalm 106 that I wrote about last week. But after that verse, this psalm differs somewhat from the previous...
by Charlie Wolcott
There are two major trains of thought and thinking in this world: Western thinking and Eastern thinking. Western thinking is very factually based. It is about logic, reasoning, explanation, and science. Eastern thinking is about purpose, the spiritual, honor, respect,...
by Steve Risner
Continuing our detailed look at how one would be inclined to read the book of Genesis, especially the first 11 chapters (although there is no known break between those chapters and the other 39) we're going to look at a variation of the poetry claim. One of the popular...
by Katie Erickson
If you look at today’s contemporary worship songs, how many of them feature long, detailed descriptions of what we’ve done wrong as God’s people? I really can’t think of many. Why is that? We always prefer our focus to be on good things, whether the good things that...
by Logan Ames
Without a doubt, love is one of the most talked about subjects in the Bible. This makes perfect sense when we consider what else the Bible says. In 1 Corinthians 13:13, Paul declares, “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love."...
by Charlie Wolcott
I have enjoyed this study on miracles, and I hope you have too. If I were to rank the three greatest miracles of all time, they would be these three: Creation, the resurrection of Christ, and the born again Christian. The Creation is something I’ve talked about many...
by Chad Koons
Today you won’t get my diplomacy; today you will hear my heart. I am upset, and maybe you should be, too. Normally I will carefully labor over my blog posts, cautiously choosing my words and deeply considering how my message might be coming across… but no, not today.
There...
by Katie Erickson
I attended a Lutheran high school, and each school year we would have a Bible passage as the year’s theme. One of the years (I honestly don’t remember which), our theme passage for the year was Psalm 103, I believe verses 1-5 specifically. I decided to memorize that...
