Recently, we had the joy of bringing our four young children to be baptized in our church. And I have had people ask a variety of questions about why we did that. The answer is because we want to foll...  Read More

At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 12/28Day 1: Verses 1-5God’s church is for all kinds of people. This chapter starts with an amazing mix of people worshiping God: prophets, a former Pharisee, and ev...  Read More

At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 12/21Day 1: Luke 2:21-24One of the elements that we see in these verses is obedience to what God has said in the Bible. After traveling for the census, staying in a...  Read More

At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 12/14Day 1: Verses 1-7When Luke tells the birth story, he includes significant detail: the name of the governor, the places, the genealogy. This situates the story ...  Read More

At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 12/7Day 1: Verses 1-4Luke wrote so that his readers could “have certainty concerning the things  [they had] been taught” (1:4). He did this by presenting an “orderl...  Read More

At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 11/30Day 1: Matthew 1:1-16This list paints a picture of how God worked out his loving plan over the course of history. Though some of these families were more faith...  Read More

At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 11/23Day 1: Verses 1-5Again, when Herod killed James and imprisoned Peter, we see the clear reality that a faithful life is not a pain-free life. There are real con...  Read More

At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 11/16Day 1: Verses 1-10Even among believers, there can be disagreements. So Peter went and reported what had happened. But he didn’t appeal to his standing as an ap...  Read More

At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 11/9Day 1: Verses 1-8God was working in the life of Cornelius and his family before Peter knew anything about it. It is important for us to remember that God is alw...  Read More

I am so excited about our Winter Youth Retreat!  (Sign up here by November 21!)This event is called “Climbing Mountains, Crossing Seas” because we will be learning about remote missions (including a t...  Read More

At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 11/2Day 1: Verses 1-9This story shows the awesome and loving power of God. Saul had made destroying the church his life’s mission. He was dead in his sin and an ene...  Read More

At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 10/26Day 1: Verses 1-8Faithfully following Jesus doesn’t guarantee a pain-free life. But it does guarantee a meaningful life that is orchestrated by our loving and ...  Read More