January 22, 2020
A Better Plan
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Matthew 3:13,14...
January 15, 2020
Is Change Worth the Risk?
by Dan Kunz One of the keynote speakers at the 2019 Christian Leadership Experience was Don Zietlow, CEO of Kwik Trip, Inc., a Wisconsin-based convenience store company. At its recent year-end meetings for all co-workers,...
January 08, 2020
Promised by God
When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what...
December 17, 2019
Sharing Joy
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13) Anna Mary...
December 11, 2019
Healthy Traditions
“You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” Mark 7:8 Last weekend I found myself watching my favorite Christmas movie again — Elf. My wife, my daughter,...
December 05, 2019
Love is Sending the Perfect Ruler
1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 3 He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what...
November 21, 2019
364 Days of Thanksgiving
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief...
November 13, 2019
364 Days of Thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 6:1-2 — We urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”...
November 06, 2019
364 Days of Thanksgiving
1 Chronicles 16:34 — Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Stress. Nerves. Anger. Frustration. Unhappiness. Discontentment. Anxiety. Worry. Who wants those? And yet there is an epidemic in...
October 30, 2019
Revealed by the Resurrection
This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life...