Bible Study Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV Philippians 1:6 ESV I am constantly amazed that groups of people who identify themselves as believers...

John 14:27 ESV When I was a younger adult I thought peace was overrated. Honestly I couldn’t see what the big deal was all about. Then I...

Bible Study Matthew 7:1-2 ESV Biblical experts for centuries have pontificated the true meaning of the words in Matthew 7:1....

Bible Study Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV I’ve been told by teachers and even professors that I am a strange sort because I have always written...

Bible Study Exodus 14:14 ESV If I had to name one thing my dad taught me it’s found in Exodus 14:14, “The Lord will fight for you, and...

Bible Study Romans 8:1 ESV; Romans 8:1-2 MSG I’ve never understood why there are people who refuse to receive the love of a Jesus...

I Peter 5:7 MSG When I was young I was given a great opportunity to have a unique job for a woman at the time. I was a job I eventually...

John 16:32-33 MSG I once knew a young woman who came to me because her own people had abandoned her. She didn’t have to tell me why...

James 1:12 ESV In junior high school I was excited that for the first time we had choices to make about some classes. Home Economics was...

John 1:5-8 MSG One of the most difficult concepts in scripture to explain to those who are living in darkness is how to find and receive...

While we don’t seem to talk about it often there were varying cultures in every town and church that Paul visited. That could not have...

Hebrews 4:14-16 MSG The book of Hebrews in the New Testament is one of the most difficult books to translate because (strangely enough)...

Bible Study James 1:2-4 ESV I am a dreamer. Literally I have vivid nighttime dreams. I was also given the Spiritual Gift of dreams and...

Isaiah 61:1-2 ESV We don’t like losing to anything in America. That’s not true of everyone but for the vast majority of Americans that is...

Luke 6.22-23 MSG We often struggle in daily life to understand our purpose and meaning. Looking back it does seem that life didn’t used...

Ephesians 6:12 ESV Jesus was known for telling impactful stories that people would be able to remember. In John 10:10 Jesus said, “The...

Bible Study Ephesians 4:32b ESV Growing up I thought summer in the Midwest had to be the absolutely most humid hot spot on earth. I am...

Scripture Ephesians 4:32a ESV; Luke 22:31-34 NIV Fighting back against the heat of summer isn’t always easily done and sometimes we must...

I’ve been told the  day I was born was the hottest day of the year. There was NO air conditioning but I was born in a hospital because we...

Genesis 1:1b I started Seminary in 2007 at the age of 54. I did not want to go to Seminary. It was never part of my big picture plan....