We as humans have a hard time with change, and this can be especially true when it comes to transforming our belief systems. A chapter-a-day podcast from Galatians 2. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I have an issue with church membership. Let me explain.

A chapter-a-day podcast from Galatians 1. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I have learned along life's road that when interruptions occur, my immediate emotional reactions aren't very healthy or productive. A chapter-a-day podcast from Acts 28. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Paul had lived and conducted himself as a prisoner in such a way that a Roman centurion twice risked his own neck for him. A chapter-a-day podcast from Acts 27. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Paul had been spiritually freed from the system. Now he wants his old friends and comrades to experience the same freedom. A chapter-a-day podcast from Acts 26. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Life is a bit like the Waverunner we have at the lake. If you don’t have your finger on the accelerator and propelling yourself forward, you can’t steer the thing. A chapter-a-day podcast from Acts 25. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Do my life and my actions reflect a person who is living for this world and the things of this world, or do they reflect a person living to bring God’s Kingdom to earth? A chapter-a-day podcast from Acts 24. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

If my personal faith in Jesus and my focus on daily living as His disciple transforms into being just another member of an earthly, collective religious system then my faith withers on the Vine. A chapter-a-day podcast from Acts 23. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

When Jesus interrupted Paul’s life, he was required to learn to love and embrace the very people he’d been systemically taught to ignore and even despise. Jesus asks the same of me. A chapter-a-day podcast from Acts 22. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I’ve never “chosen” a friend by looking at a person across the room and saying “I want that person to be a key relationship in my life!” A chapter-a-day podcast from Acts 18. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.