Why did God choose Moses? Why did he appear as fire? Why wasn't the bush consumed and what does all this show us about God and how we relate to him?

What happens when God gives you a dream, then events do not turn out as you expected? You are faced with the reality of no where to turn. Your only hope is to discover joy in the middle of your pain. The story of Joseph teaches us to believe, even...

Philippians is sometimes referred to as the epistle or hymn of joy. Of course there are many events that pop up or loom ahead of us in day­to­day life that might challenge this message. This final session focuses on the realities of this life and the...

Paul gives us life-changing practices based around praise, prayer and the power of peace at work in our minds. He teaches us how to guard our hearts and how to live as he lived - even when he was chained to a Roman soldier and being guarded by a...

The apostle Paul capitalizes on a sport analogy (not too far from the home of the original Olympic games) about having a higher goal for our lives. Setting higher goals requires working towards them, incrementally perhaps, but with focus, effort and...

Being in the culture has its benefits for God’s people. Recall God’s communication to Israel when the people were sent into exile, in essence to carry on living there (Babylon, Susa, etc.) and to prosper. Life, for about 70 years, was good (in the...

We live in a workout culture as a kind of cult of the body. Even self­help books and YouTube videos pander to improving self as though it is all about My Self. We see something different in Philippians about what it means to work out with the Lord as...