Tag Archives: Christian Challenge
Common Notes 4.25.17
Sometimes it just feels like life is out to get you, like you’re just living under siege. There’s a reason for that. According to the Bible, the world is a corrupt place and hates you. Yes, hates you. On top … Continue reading
Common Notes 4.18.17
What do you call someone who’s first impulse when life gets hard isn’t to look for God’s help, but always to take care of problems themselves? Stubborn? Defiant? Prideful? Perhaps. But how about human? After all, Hezekiah was like that … Continue reading
Great Commission Conference
Last weekend the BSU took students to the Great Commission Conference held this year at Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield, MO. At the conference they were blessed by messages from Greg Stier of Dare 2 Share, John Avant, Senator James … Continue reading
Common Notes 2.14.17
Imagine what it would be like to get married, then the way to the reception hear your new spouse say something like, “I’m so glad we got married, I’ll see you every Sunday now!” How would you react to that? … Continue reading
Common Notes 2.7.17
“And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:25, NLT) If “Bible study” is what fuels our spiritual minds, one … Continue reading
The green-eyed monster
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” Shakespeare, ‘Othello’ Shakespeare was right, jealousy is a monster, and it will not only consume you, it will create all kinds … Continue reading
The God Who Sees
Hagar. Ring a bell? Probably not. In the grand arc of the Old Testament story of God’s people she is little more than a footnote. Maybe it’s time to fix that, though, because the story of Hagar is rich with … Continue reading
