Compass Church Bloomington-Normal

The Bible is full of stories and commands that can be confusing and complicated. How we interpret those things can either determine how we live out our faith or whether we are willing to trust the Bible at all. How do we interpret problematic parts of the Bible when so many people have different opinions […]

When it comes to uncertainty about God, there is one question that remains for many people: How do we know any of this is real? How can we prove it? If God exists beyond the quantifiable ways we measure and understand our physical world, how could we ever be certain about him?

When we think of gratitude we usually think of Thanksgiving. It’s the one time of year when we go around the table and say what we are thankful for before we can eat. But gratitude is more than just saying, “Thank you for this food.” Thankfulness has the power to improve your life in ways […]

Religion can be exhausting. The constant demands and expectations can leave us feeling burdened and weary, particularly when we are wrestling with spiritual doubt. How do we navigate this when the thing that’s supposed to give us hope is the very thing that is weighing us down? If you are weary and worn out by […]

What is God like? It’s a question that people and religion have wrestled with forever. Is he an old man with a beard sitting on a cloud? Is he the vengeful and angry God of the Old Testament? Often our uncertainty about God is rooted in inconsistent ideas of what he’s like that we were […]

Religious people tend to have a lot of certainty about God, the Bible and how to follow Jesus. So how do we account for the sometimes conflicting beliefs that exist within the church? There are many contrasting views in the church related to things different people are very certain about. Is it possible that we […]

We have all been handed a belief system – a way of understanding the things that allows us to have certainty in an uncertain world. Nothing promises certainty more than religion – the black and white of what’s wrong and right. But what happens when the things we are so certain about don’t hold up? […]

We all know what it’s like to have unmet expectations. Like when you are at a restaurant and they get your order wrong. Or when you take on a small home improvement project only to discover that it’s not so small after all. You think things are going to go one way, but they go […]

What do we do when we have doubts about God? Should we follow doubt down the rabbit hole wherever it leads? Should we cut doubt off like a cancer and just choose to blindly believe what we’ve been told? Is there room for doubt in the life of a Christian? Jesus shows us how we […]

Every time we turn on the news it seems like there is a new report of gun violence. Whether it’s our schools, churches or grocery stores, it seems inescapable. Everyone can agree that children should not be shot at in school, but we can’t seem to find agreement on the solution to the problem. That […]