2024 has been a devastating year for Western Christianity. On the heels of the fall of Bill Hybels, Carl Lentz, and Brian Houston, Mike Bickle from IHOP KC faced sexual abuse allegations in late 2023. In mid-2024, Dallas was rocked by a string of pastors facing similar allegations, the most devastating being Robert Morris from…
Are you walking through a difficult time in your life? Do you wonder why the fruit of the Spirit isn’t growing in your life as quickly as you think it should? The grace of Jesus Christ extends much farther than we could every dream or imagine. Life has sometimes been harrowing for my family. We…
We continue our countdown to Christmas, reading through the Gospel of Luke! We’ve already made it through more than half of this book of the Bible! Let’s keep going, getting to know our wonderful God and Jesus, whom He sent. Jesus was sent and walked the earth to go to the cross and pay the…
As he sat in his prison cell, surely he must have reflected back on the incredible ministry he had once had. He had been called by God from the time he was still in his mother’s womb, to preach repentance from sins – to prepare the way of the Lord. There was nothing at all…
Here we are in the second week of our study, “Counting Down to Christmas,” through the Gospel of Luke! We are getting to know Jesus. He is no longer a little baby; He has grown up and entered His ministry. His ministry is to serve humanity. If you’re new, jump into our reading for this…
I imagine the shock of the encounter she had that day stayed with her for many years. As if it were not enough that this being shows up in her room from nowhere, he starts off by greeting her in a very unusual way. Almost with a hidden meaning. “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord…
