THE GOOD DAY

How can the fun but secular tradition of Elf on the Shelf remind us of the true gift of Christmas and help us live this out with others?

Do you find yourself needing to feel God's love, to see tangible evidence He cares for you? Luke Helms reminds us of where we can look.

How can we strengthen our spiritual muscles while we also strengthen our physical muscles? Why is this so important?

It's that time again... sharing the stories read and wisdom gained in the last year. Reading at least one book a month - here are my favs!

Had Jesus' life ended on a Roman cross, there would be no need to write down what they saw. But it wasn't the end, not even close!

Sometimes the truth is absurd. It's absolutely wild to God bleeds and weeps, that He laid down His life for us - because of love.

Every interaction, every miracle, every word was filled with intention. The life of Jesus was a life of the richest intention.

It's been 400 years of silence between the Old Testament and the New Testament, and today we get to meet our Rescuer!

When we see flames around us and the world burning, what truth can we hold onto?

How can we turn to the goodness of God when our hearts are heavy? How can a psalm strengthen us in our seasons of pain and suffering?

The Old Testament, our beacon of hope pointing to our rescue, Jesus, wraps up this week. And, it wraps up in the most beautiful way.

What about the rest of the Old Testament? If we've already covered the history and the poetry, what's the rest of it?

After King David, it's his son's turn to reign. As we'll see, Solomon is a "like father, like son" story. So many parallels.

A new leader has been chosen. Joshua will lead the people into the Promised Land with the support of an unlikely woman.

This week, we see God sees both the big picture and the smallest of details. And His motivation for all of this? Love.

Protection, guidance, faithfulness - all followed by doubting God? It's a reeeeally good thing it's a covenant and not based on our goodness

This season is marked with simplicity and yet burst with sparkles and technicolor. But mostly, love and comfort and joy and so much peace.

From mistreatment to promotion, from reunions to genocide, from plagues to passover - it all foreshadows our Rescuer.

The family tree is growing! Oh, and did you watch the news last night? Events of our modern-day news stems from this family right here...

The first 17 books of The Bible are the history, telling a story about freedom. And freedom ain't free. As we'll see, a war must be waged.