Testing, trials, and making it through that difficult season. There is a promise land ahead, and this week we talk a little more about what it looks like to make it there.

The desert is a place of transition and a place of testing. It is when you have left something or somewhere, but not yet arrived at the promise. How do you live in the desert?

What happens when you go backward on a goal? How do you re-group? It can feel insurmountable, but we discuss hope, vision, and getting up again.

Final installment of the Grapple U class on the Historical Books of the Old Testament. We tackle tough questions and address the character of God and violence in the Old Testament, among other things.

Grapple U = short courses designed to provide introductory level understanding of Biblical concepts.

Ezra - Esther

Grapple U = short courses designed to provide introductory level understanding of Biblical concepts.

Continuing the study of the Historical Books of the Old Testament, 1 Samuel - 2 Chronicles

Grapple U = short courses designed to provide introductory level understanding of Biblical concepts.

Introduction to the Historical Books of the Old Testament, and Joshua-Judges.

Grapple U = short courses designed to provide introductory level understanding of Biblical concepts.

At times in the Christian world, it seems there is pressure to act like everyone else. God created us each individually and gave us each unique perspective and circumstances. You have to be who He created you to be.

Family is the vehicle God gave us to help us through life. The ideal is often different from reality, and God wants us to have thriving families despite our difficulties.

The Bible promises we will be "salted with fire." The process shapes and refines us all, and leaves us as exactly what the world needs.