Blog by Nikayla Reize Love never fails. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for...

Blog by Nikayla Reize Love tolerates all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things. -1 Cor 13:7 The permanence of this text is...

Blog by Nikayla Reize Love keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not rejoice about injustice, but love rejoices about the truth. The Greek...

Blog by Nikayla Reize Love is patient and kind. Love isn’t jealous, boastful, or arrogant. Love isn’t rude. Love doesn’t insist on its...

Blog by Nikayla Reize Love is patient, love is kind. Love isn’t envious, boastful, or arrogant. – 1 Corinthians 13:4 I’ve been using the...

Blog by Nikayla Reize I hate to admit this but only two weeks ago I was emailing with another pastor in our denomination who admittedly,...

Guest post by Awaken-ian Dave King I shared reflections on the Lord’s Prayer at Awaken‘s (virtual) service today. There have been many...

In the second century, Church Bishop Marcion of Sinope concluded that the Creator God of the Old Testament and the loving, merciful God...

Have you ever felt exiled? Like you had no where to go – no place to belong? Have you every had a family member cut ties with you or has...

Read Amos 5:18-25 and 2 Kings 17 Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? That day will be...

Read: 1 Kings 17-18 and 2 Kings 5 Should the Kings of Israel exalt themselves to the seat of Pharaoh we should expect God to send another...

Read: 1 Kings 3, 10-11 I was considering calling this sermon, “Shalom’s Eden, Solomon’s Egypt” because the English shrouds the fact that...

Read: 2 Sam 7, 11, 1 Kings 1-2 David is the dominant figure in the Old Testament. We are fascinated, bewildered, sometimes embarrassed,...

Beloved King David and His God Read: 1 Sam 16:6-8, 1 Sam 18:1-5, 2 Sam 3-6 The David story begins perfectly – he’s small, insignificant,...

Read 1 Sam 8-28 This part of your Bible will present a God that doesn’t fit into your categories. He is sad and angry and at times you’ll...