Sometimes we may not know where our next step belongs. It is in these times, as it is with every time, that we wait for the breath of the Holy Spirit...the Pneuma...to direct. - Acts 16:1-10

Brad and Laura Trosen have worked with the C&MA for more than 30 years, serving as dorm parents in Africa, minister of music in Montana, and recently working in northern Iraq, as pastor of an international church. They have just returned to the U.S. this past month.

We all have conflict, sometimes even the most Godly men and women. So how do we reconcile? - Acts 15:36-41

Beloved. Twice we read this word as Jude closes. It is a reminder that even though we deserve judgment, the mercy of Christ ought to exhort us to live differently, to our spiritual profit. - Jude 17-25

The Christ of today is many times not the Christ of the Bible - it is a diminished Christ. The Christ of the Bible owns all glory, majesty, power and authority. - Jude 3-16

Unfortunately in many of our lives, Jesus has too many other masters with whom He has to compete - but we must remember that Jesus is not willing to be one among many. - Jude 1-2

There is an Old Covenant and there is a New Covenant. The Old points us to the New and the New refers back to the Old. They are both valuable and point us to heart change! -Acts 15:1-21

What do we care about? Is it just about numbers? What we accomplish? Or is it about the hearts of people? - Acts 14:19-28

Though we live in an "Independent Country," let's be honest, each of us has become incredibly dependent on many things. It could be our spouses, our parents, our cell phones, internet, government, etc. We do need dependence, but what we are dependent on is critical. Acts 13:44-14-20

The Gospel invites everyone. No matter how much or how little you make, what side of the tracks you live on, what your ethnic background is. That is Hope! That is Encouraging! That is the Gospel. Acts 13:13-52