by Katie Erickson
As I introduced two weeks ago, during the 4th king of the united nation of Israel, it split into the divided kingdom. The ten tribes in the north retained the name Israel, and the two tribes in the south became known as Judah. Rehoboam, who I wrote about last week,...
by Charlie Wolcott
Last week, I addressed the shame that comes with sin, and I introduced the responses to that shame. The first response is self-justification – seeking any way possible to make sure that you get off the hook. But this never gets us anywhere. The true response to our...
by Katie Erickson
As I introduced last week, I’m beginning a blog post series to dig into the kings of the divided kingdom of Israel and Judah. The united nation had 4 kings before the split in 928 BC – Saul, David, Solomon, and Rehoboam. It was early in Rehoboam’s reign that the kingdom...
by Charlie Wolcott
Now that we have examined what sin is, what sin does, what it costs, what it is not, and what happens when we get it wrong, we can now look at the proper response to sin. We’ll first look at the instinct God has instilled into all mankind from the start: shame. Let’s...
by Eric Hansen
While this topic isn’t strictly related to having ADHD, having such does complicate matters more. But first, it’s important to define some terms. An introvert is a person who regains energy by being either alone or in smaller group settings. Typically, they are the people...
by Katie Erickson
I was raised in the church and in Christian schools, so I have literally spent my entire life studying the Bible in various ways. But one of the parts of it where everything seems to run together in my brain is the period of the kings when the nation Israel was divided...
by Charlie Wolcott
After spending multiple weeks examining various false teachings we face within today’s Christian community in how they view sin and the deadly consequences of such ideas, I want to come back and bring this full circle. I spent five weeks describing what sin is, where...
by Katie Erickson
“Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ,...
by Charlie Wolcott
Jesus lambasted the Pharisees for their hypocrisy and false teachings that not only showcased their own problems but made their followers the two-fold sons of Hell than they were. The Pharisees were bad enough, but their students were even worse. Why? Because when...
