Faith in God overcomes fear of the enemy. Gideon’s chief characteristic was fear. In Judges 6:11 Gideon is afraid that the Midianites...

Have you ever been frozen in fear? Or maybe just so intimidated you couldn’t take the first, or next step? Sometimes it’s our need for...

When I was a college professor, occasionally I’d catch a student cheating (which by the way is increasingly difficult to get away with...

Who doesn’t like a good hero story? I love the MCU (The Marvel Cinematic Universe) and all the crazy and creative plot lines. In many...

In the book of Judges, the tribe of Judah is portrayed positively and the tribe of Benjamin is portrayed negatively. There are several...

Our theme for Judges is: When the people of God forget to remember the works of God as told in the word of God, they lose their will to...

Have you ever forgotten something important? Like an anniversary? Or your mountain bike shoes after driving to Utah to bike? Or your...

Have you ever failed at something? Our western culture has wired us to fear failure. I once failed a class in college and I found out it...

I have good news for you! If you don’t think you know enough, behave enough, or believe enough – Jesus is for you. As we finish up our...

Mark is rather hard on the disciples in his gospel. Among all the gospels he highlights the failure and shortcomings of the disciples the...

Key words: “Disappointment, economic opportunity” – those are the words of Judas’ relationship with Jesus. Judas with his...

Have you experienced the death of a dream? Maybe a G.P.A. that didn’t turn out so good (pun intended). Or, maybe a family member who...

It was Jesus - he blasted the Pharisees for not knowing what they should have known. Mark 12 is designed as one big chiastic structure...

While that is a true statement – it need not instill a sense of fear and panic. In spite of the fact that we do not know the future,...

We can all probably think of situations where both occur. Two weeks ago, I posed this question but I want to dig in a bit more. The...

I love traveling. Growing up we moved every 4 years because of my dad’s research job at various universities. We actually moved so much...

Back in Mark 7 Jesus debated with the Pharisees and scribes about tradition and what actually made a person “unclean.” Jesus redefined...

While I was in college, I loved leading 5-day wilderness canoeing trips up in norther Wisconsin. Water (especially the fast-flowing class...

Mark 8:1 reads, “In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and...

Have you ever thought that if you could just witness an amazing miracle that your spiritual doubts would be erased? While we may think...