For many of us, preparing for future disasters and crises does nothing but engender panic. Learn what God provides instead!

How do we receive the trials and attacks that come when our faith is pitted against the surrounding culture? James encourages us not to despair but to count it as joy, because those trials test and strengthen our faith so that we may persevere and become more and more mature.

The series "Unsheathing the Sword" is an in-depth, book-by-book journey through the entire Bible. Study materials for the course can be found on the "Bible Studies" page of our website (AwakeUsNow.com). Week 26 sifts through the book of Job.

"God does not regard our voices; he hears our hearts. And if our hearts do not sing, we have not sung at all." -- Charles Spurgeon

James, the half brother of Jesus, after witnessing Jesus' resurrection, came to understand who Jesus is. James' writings share wisdom around living a life of holiness, and that our faith is evidenced in actions and deeds. The Book of James is a primer on living the Christian life!

The series "Unsheathing the Sword" is an in-depth, book-by-book journey through the entire Bible. Study materials for the course can be found on the "Bible Studies" page of our website (AwakeUsNow.com). Week 25 probes the book of Proverbs.

Is it possible to be blessed by God even when our circumstances do not appear to be blessed?

God is both knowable (because He has revealed Himself to us) and incomprehensible (because He is so far beyond us). We cannot fully understand how God can be triune (3 in 1), but the truth of the Trinity is found throughout the Bible, both in the Old and the New Testament!

The series "Unsheathing the Sword" is an in-depth, book-by-book journey through the entire Bible. Study materials for the course can be found on the "Bible Studies" page of our website (AwakeUsNow.com). Week 24 concludes our time looking at the Psalms.

The human heart is an idol factory. How do we dismantle the idols we manufacture there?