The best kind of hope

It’s been said that you can live 40 days without food; three days without water; just a few minutes without air but only a few seconds without hope. Hope is that renewable resource that’s always calling out to you in your ears or maybe just as a thought inside your head. “Things are looking up.” “I believe…

Tim Calcara on January 4, 2019

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Is the Bible really God’s word?

The heart of Bible study is not just to memorize passages of inspiring words to live by: it's the very personal process of learning who God is, and how much He loves us.

The Early Morning Late Show on April 26, 2018

Resolving to be Bible focused in 2018

What if we decided that 2018 would be the year we get closer to God by making studying the Bible a more regular part of our lives?

Matt Deane on January 2, 2018

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The story of the Bible

If you were to summarize the story of the Bible in a few sentences, what would you say?

Live the Promise on December 22, 2017

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The sacrament of happy

Do you see God has a stern librarian, or a smiling friend?

Live the Promise on August 11, 2017

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What’s the big idea?

Can you clearly articulate the meta-narrative or “the big idea” of the Bible in a single sentence? What about one book of the Bible? Could you tell me in just a few short words what the book of John is all about? How about the other sixty five books? Do you know what the single, most important point is of each of them?  Do you…

Tim Calcara on May 2, 2017

Wake up and smell the Bible

Most people I know are conditioned to focus their affections on that first sip of freshly brewed coffee as the alarm goes off each day. Coffee is such a morning thing for millions of Americans that now coffeemakers are made to go off at a preset time so that when we gain consciousness, we can already smell it and hear it brewing. Minimizing…

Tim Calcara on January 26, 2017

Too busy for the Bible

With everything we have to get done each day, it can be easy to neglect some things that we really want to do, like spending time reading the Bible.

Matt Deane on January 25, 2017

A Bible resolution for 2017

What if we decided that 2017 would be the year we get closer to God by making studying the Bible a more regular part of our lives?

Matt Deane on January 4, 2017

A Bible countdown to Christmas

Merry Christmas!  It’s amazing how fast this year has gone, and here we are again making preparations to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus! While this season should be one for reflection, it can often be filled with too many things to do and events to go to that we forget to take time to remember the true meaning of Christmas. Â…

Matt Deane on December 1, 2016