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Plain words about God, doubt, the Bible, and church — written from Big Rapids, for Big Rapids. No clichés, no sales pitch.
- Bible StudyOct 11, 2026 · 10 min→
Whoever calls on the name of the Lord — what 'name' means, and why it matters how you use it
Joel said it, Peter preached it, Paul repeated it: whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. A name in the Bible is rank, reputation, and reign — and we call on it, pray in it, and act in it.
- Bible StudyOct 11, 2026 · 9 min→
The Last Supper — the table, the sop, and the two men who denied Him
Walk through the night before the cross: the plot, the upper room, the foot-washing, the piece of bread handed to Judas. Then the two outcomes — Judas and Peter — and what Jesus' love for both means for you.
- Following JesusOct 11, 2026 · 9 min→
Saved by His sacrifice, secured by His life — Romans 5:6–11
Helpless, hopeless, and ungodly — that's who Christ died for. Five movements through Romans 5:6–11, and the story of an Olympian and prisoner of war who became the happiest man anyone ever knew.
- Bible StudyOct 7, 2026 · 11 min→
Luke 14:1–24 — dinner at a Pharisee's house: rules, seats, guest lists, and a great supper
One Sabbath meal, four lessons. Why God's rules have a purpose behind them, why to take the low seat, who to invite when it costs you, and the excuses people make when the feast is ready.
- Christian LivingOct 7, 2026 · 8 min→
The call to choose — God's desire, our defiance, and the path to blessing (Psalm 81)
God's greatest punishment is often His allowance. Psalm 81 walks from deliverance to defiance to destiny, and lands on one warning: be careful imposing your desires on God — He might just let you have your way.
- Christian LivingOct 7, 2026 · 10 min→
Cut down the groves — what Israel left standing, and what you're leaving standing
God told Israel three times: destroy the altars, break the images, cut down the groves. Seven tribes didn't, and their children paid for it for generations. What's still standing in your life?
- Christian LivingOct 7, 2026 · 7 min→
'This also is vanity' — the most miserable man in the Bible wasn't Job
Solomon had everything a person could want and called it all empty. What vanity is, what it feels like, which things in life don't end in it, and the one conclusion Solomon reached.
- Following JesusOct 7, 2026 · 11 min→
Committing to the Commission — the Great Commission is not the general suggestion
Follow me — two of the most important words in the Bible. What a disciple is, what the Great Commission isn't, why we fail at it, and the math on why one person discipling one person a year would reach the world.
- Bible StudyOct 3, 2026 · 10 min→
How to study the Bible — why, how, and the tools that help
The Bible is meant to be studied, not just read. Why we study it, four ways to do it well, the four steps of interpretation, the difference between exegesis and eisegesis, and the tools worth owning.
- Bible StudyOct 3, 2026 · 8 min→
Proverbs 1:1–9 — what the book of Proverbs is for
Solomon tells you the purpose of the book in the first seven verses. Proverbs aren't math equations — they teach you how to think, not just what to think. And it all starts with the fear of the Lord.
- Bible StudyOct 3, 2026 · 6 min→
The five characters of Proverbs — and which one you are
The fool, the scorner, the wise, the prudent, and the simple. What Proverbs says about each, why the fool gets the most warnings, and a set of questions for honest self-evaluation.
- Marriage & FamilyOct 3, 2026 · 7 min→
'My son' — a father's advice in Proverbs, to sons and to fathers
Sixteen times Solomon says 'my son.' What he asks his son to do, and what the phrase assumes about the father: that what he's teaching is right, and that he's actually there.
- Bible StudyOct 3, 2026 · 8 min→
Matthew 25 — ready and faithful: the ten bridesmaids and the three servants
Two parables Jesus told about His return, back to back. One is about being ready; the other about being faithful with what you've been given. Both end with a door — open or shut.
- Following JesusSep 29, 2026 · 8 min→
King Jesus — why are you a Christian?
Many like being part of Christianity. Few like being part of Christ. If Jesus walked into your church, would anything change? A call to put Him back at the center of everything.
- Following JesusSep 29, 2026 · 7 min→
Two ways to finish your course well — 2 Timothy 4:6–8
It doesn't matter how hard or fast you run if you're on the wrong course. How to get on the right one, how to finish it well, and the runner whose father came out of the stands.
- Following JesusSep 29, 2026 · 10 min→
A lifestyle of evangelism — how will they hear without a preacher?
What a preacher actually is (a herald), who's been sent (you), what the message is (the best news in the world), when to share it (always), and why we don't.
- Following JesusSep 29, 2026 · 9 min→
What happens when you meet Jesus — the shepherds of Luke 2
God told the night shift first. Why He chose shepherds, what 'Savior, Christ, and Lord' mean, and the three things the shepherds did that every person who meets Jesus should do.
- Following JesusSep 29, 2026 · 10 min→
Are you bearing fruit? The vine, the branches, and the pruning — John 15
Jesus is the vine, the Father is the gardener, and we're the branches. Why every branch gets pruned, why fruitlessness leaves Christians feeling empty, and how to bear fruit that lasts.
- Following JesusSep 25, 2026 · 10 min→
Walk in the Spirit — yielding to the Spirit, denying the flesh, and bearing fruit
The Holy Spirit is not a divine power we get hold of and use at our will. He is a divine Person who gets hold of us and uses us at His. Galatians 5:16–26, and why we don't see Him do more.
- Following JesusSep 25, 2026 · 11 min→
What is worship? Four questions and a Bible-wide answer
What worship is, how we do it, who gets it, and why. Sixteen Bible words, three scenes of people bowing, and a challenge to the idea that worship is something that happens during the music.
- Christian LivingSep 25, 2026 · 9 min→
Where there's no wood, the fire goes out — gossip, talebearing, and church discord
Proverbs says strife dies when the talebearer stops feeding it. The number one reason people leave churches, how to spot a divider, and how not to be one — or feed one.
- Christian LivingSep 25, 2026 · 8 min→
The destruction of bitterness — Joseph, Jenga, and Romans 8:28
God works all things together for good. Bitterness is how we stop Him. Joseph's story, the pieces you can't pull out of your own, and a decision to let God finish what He's doing.
- Following JesusSep 25, 2026 · 9 min→
Moved with compassion — what Jesus felt when He saw the crowd
The Greek word means to be turned over in your gut. Jesus felt it for people who were sheep without a shepherd — and the question for every church is whether we notice the ones sitting alone.
- Christian LivingSep 25, 2026 · 10 min→
Why revival tarries — humility, prayer, and repentance
2 Chronicles 7:14 was not written to America. It was written to God's people — and that's the harder word. Three deaths that have to happen before God does a great work in a church.
- Marriage & FamilySep 21, 2026 · 9 min→
The family was God's idea — what it is and why He made it
Before there was a government, a church, or a school, there was a family. What a family is, when God established it, and the three reasons He gave for it in Genesis 1.
- Marriage & FamilySep 21, 2026 · 8 min→
How is a family supposed to operate? Love and lead, submit and serve, obey and honor
God's structure for the home in nine words — and why, when the following is poor, the leading usually is too. Plus a business idea that belongs in your living room: does your family have a purpose?
- Marriage & FamilySep 21, 2026 · 9 min→
What a father is for — nurture, admonition, and the long game
One in four American children lives without a father at home, and the numbers that follow are sobering. Ephesians 6:4 and Proverbs on what a father is supposed to do — and a handful of practical things.
- Marriage & FamilySep 21, 2026 · 8 min→
A marriage that lasts — communication, choosing to love, and forgiving in advance
The top reasons marriages end, and six ordinary habits that keep one together: talk, choose, hold each other up, stay affectionate, stay thoughtful, and decide to forgive before you need to.
- Marriage & FamilySep 21, 2026 · 9 min→
Parenting — your children are your first disciples
You aren't responsible for your children; you're responsible to them. Make Jesus the why, get on the same page with your spouse, don't parent in reaction to your parents, and teach self-control by having some.
- Marriage & FamilySep 21, 2026 · 8 min→
The mothers of Scripture — what Hannah, Sarah, Mary, and Eunice have in common
Seven mothers in the Bible, the doubts some of them started with, the faith they ended with, and what Proverbs 31, 1 Timothy 5, and Titus 2 say a mother's life is meant to look like.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 9 min→
What Makes TheWay Different — Start Here
Big Rapids is not short on churches. So why start another one? This opens a series that goes tradition by tradition, and it lays out the posture we're holding to through all of it.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 11 min→
What Makes TheWay Different From Wesleyan-Holiness Churches
Free Methodist, Wesleyan, Nazarene, Church of God, Salvation Army — together the largest group of churches in Mecosta County. Here's what we hold in common with them, and the handful of places we genuinely part ways.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 10 min→
What Makes TheWay Different From Lutheran Churches
All three major American Lutheran bodies have a congregation in this area, and they don't agree with each other. Here's what each holds, where Lutherans are closer to us than almost anybody, and where we part ways.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 11 min→
What Makes TheWay Different From the Catholic Church
The most-asked-about difference there is, and the one most often handled badly. Here's Catholic teaching stated the way a good catechist would state it, what we hold in common without qualification, and where we differ and why.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 11 min→
TheWay and the Restoration Movement: Churches of Christ, Christian Churches, and What the Water Does
Four congregations in this county came out of the Restoration Movement, and they're the ones we get confused with most. We baptize the same way they do. Here's what we hold together, and the one place we part.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 11 min→
TheWay and Pentecostal Churches: We Believe the Gifts Continue Too
This isn't an argument against the Holy Spirit's gifts — TheWay believes all of them continue. The differences with our Pentecostal neighbors are narrower and more specific than that, and Oneness Pentecostalism is a separate question entirely.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 11 min→
TheWay and Methodist Churches: Wesley, the Split, and Who Holds the Deed
United Methodist and Global Methodist congregations both meet in this county now. Here's what happened between 2019 and 2024, what Methodists actually believe, and where TheWay lands differently — including the one difference families feel.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 11 min→
TheWay and Reformed and Presbyterian Churches: Confessions, Covenant, and Whosoever Will
In West Michigan the Reformed tradition shapes more than its congregation count suggests. TheWay owes it a real debt and lands differently on four things: confessional subscription, infant baptism, the five points, and who sits above a local church.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 10 min→
What Makes TheWay Different from Other Baptist Churches?
TheWay's practice is Baptist, so this one is mostly about agreement. Here are the Baptist distinctives we hold, and the four places where somebody who grew up Baptist would notice a difference.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 10 min→
What Makes TheWay Different from Other Non-Denominational Churches?
TheWay is non-denominational, and the label tells you almost nothing. Where these churches actually come from, the four questions worth asking any of them, and what we're doing so the usual failure mode isn't us.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 11 min→
What Makes TheWay Different from Episcopal and Anglican Churches?
The prayer book, the Thirty-Nine Articles, bishops and succession, infant baptism, and real presence — what the liturgy does better than most of us, and where TheWay lands differently and why.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 12 min→
What Makes TheWay Different from Seventh-day Adventist Churches?
The Trinity, grace, immersion, and the return of Christ are shared ground. The Sabbath, the writings of Ellen G. White, the investigative judgment, and what happens to the lost are not.
- QuestionsSep 17, 2026 · 12 min→
What Makes TheWay Different from Mormonism and the Jehovah's Witnesses?
This one is a different kind of post. Every other entry in this series has been about differences between Christians, and this one isn't — because the question here is who Jesus is.
- Bible StudySep 13, 2026 · 6 min→
1 John overview — how to know you really have Jesus
Who John was, why he wrote, and the three words that run through the whole letter: love, know, and because. A short letter that exposes the counterfeit and gives confidence to the sincere.
- Bible StudySep 13, 2026 · 10 min→
1 John 1 — we saw Him, we touched Him: walking in the light
John says he heard, saw, gazed at, and handled the Word of life. Then the sum of everything Jesus taught: God is light. What it means to walk in that light, and why confession restores fellowship.
- Bible StudySep 13, 2026 · 11 min→
1 John 2:1–17 — our Advocate, how to know you know Him, and why not to love the world
God's desire is that we don't sin, and His provision when we do. The difference between knowing about Jesus and knowing Him. And three things the world offers that Eve fell for first.
- Bible StudySep 13, 2026 · 8 min→
1 John 2:18–29 — antichrists, the anointing, and abiding
What an antichrist actually is, why the people who left were never really in, and how the Holy Spirit keeps ordinary believers in the truth without needing a guru.
- Bible StudySep 13, 2026 · 9 min→
1 John 3 — children of God, and love in deed, not just in word
What kind of love makes us God's children. Why a child of God can't live in habitual sin. And the test that sorts real love from talk: do you help people you know are in need?
- Bible StudySep 13, 2026 · 8 min→
1 John 4 — test the spirits, and God is love
Not everyone who claims to speak for God does. How to tell. Then the heart of the letter: God loved us first, sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice, and His love is completed when it flows through us.
- Bible StudySep 13, 2026 · 9 min→
1 John 5 — how to know you have eternal life
Faith that overcomes the world, three witnesses that agree, the verse the whole letter was written for, confident prayer, the 'sin unto death,' and a closing word about idols.
- Bible StudySep 13, 2026 · 7 min→
2 John — walking in truth and love (and why you can't follow Jesus alone)
A short letter from an old apostle to people he cared about: walk in the truth, love one another, don't give a platform to people who deny Christ, and don't try to do this by yourself.
- Bible StudySep 13, 2026 · 7 min→
3 John — Gaius, Diotrephes, and Demetrius: three men, three reputations
The hospitable one, the self-seeking one, and the commendable one. A tiny letter with a big question: if your body were as healthy as your soul, how healthy would you be?
- Bible StudySep 13, 2026 · 11 min→
Jude — contend for the faith without becoming contentious
Jesus' half-brother wanted to write about salvation and had to write about false teachers instead. Who they are, what they do, how God will judge them, and how ordinary believers stay standing.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 11 min→
Romans overview — how to be right with God
Who Paul was, who the church at Rome was, what Nero's Rome looked like, and the four words that unlock the whole letter: righteousness, law, faith, and justification.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 10 min→
Romans 1:1–17 — a servant, a promise, and a gospel worth not being ashamed of
Paul calls himself a slave of Jesus Christ, says the gospel was never plan B, and tells a church in the capital of the world why he isn't ashamed of a message about a crucified Jew.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 10 min→
Romans 1:18–32 — what happens when people push God away
Everyone knows there's a God. Paul traces what happens when a person suppresses that knowledge: empty thinking, idolatry, and a God who finally says, 'Have it your way.'
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 9 min→
Romans 2 — judging others, the goodness of God, and religion that doesn't reach the heart
The person who condemns the sins of Romans 1 while doing the same things in private. Why God's kindness is meant to lead to repentance, and why knowing the Bible was never the point.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 12 min→
Romans 3 — none righteous, and justified freely
Paul answers five Jewish objections, proves from the Old Testament that no one is righteous, and then delivers the heart of the gospel: justified freely by His grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 10 min→
'It is finished' — Jesus and the five offerings of Leviticus
When Jesus said 'It is finished,' He used a merchant's word: paid in full. Here's how the burnt, grain, peace, sin, and trespass offerings were all pictures of what He did on the cross.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 10 min→
Romans 4 — how Abraham was saved (and how you are too)
Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness — fourteen years before circumcision and four centuries before the law. Paul calls two witnesses, Abraham and David, to prove salvation has always been by faith.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 10 min→
Romans 5:1–11 — peace with God, and why we can rejoice in hard things
Justified by faith, we have peace with God. Paul lists the benefits of that standing, explains how tribulation produces hope, and proves God's love by the timing of the cross: while we were still sinners.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 8 min→
Romans 5:12–21 — two men, two kingdoms: Adam and Jesus
Why we die, and why it isn't because of the law. Paul sets one man's disobedience against one Man's obedience, and shows that in Jesus we gained much more than we ever lost in Adam.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 11 min→
Romans 6 — dead to sin, alive to God: what changed when you were saved
Justification is what God did for you; sanctification is what He's doing in you. Seven things that happened at salvation, why grace is not a license, and what it means to be a slave of a new Master.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 11 min→
Romans 7 — free from the law, and the war inside every believer
Dead to the law like a widow is free to remarry. Why the law is good even though it exposes us. And Paul's honest account of wanting to do right and finding himself doing wrong.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 10 min→
Romans 8:28–39 — if God is for us, who is against us?
All things work together for good — for whom, and how. What predestination actually means in this passage. And the security of a salvation that God settled in court and nothing can reopen.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 6 min→
What the Bible means by 'adoption' (it isn't what you think)
Romans 8:23 says we're still waiting for the adoption. If we're already God's children, what is it? A look at the Roman coming-of-age ceremony Paul had in mind — and why our adoption is glorification.
- Bible StudySep 9, 2026 · 8 min→
Romans 9 — has God kept His promise to Israel? (and what election means)
What a Jew actually had, whether God's promises failed, what 'election' means in the Bible, whether God hates unborn babies, and how God works His plan with us or in spite of us.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 7 min→
James 1:2–4 — count it all joy: how trials grow you up
Trials work for you, not against you. What 'count it all joy' actually means, why patience isn't passive, and what God is building when life is hard.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 7 min→
James 1:5–8 — if you lack wisdom, ask
God gives wisdom generously and without reproach. The one condition is that you ask in faith. What that means when you're in the middle of a trial you don't understand.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 7 min→
James 1:9–11 — rich, poor, and what to glory in
It isn't your material resources that carry you through the testing of life. It's your spiritual ones. What James says to the poor believer, the rich one, and the rest of us.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 7 min→
James 1:12 — the crown of life, and the question underneath it
There is a reward for endurance, and it's promised to those who love God. Which raises the real question: do you love Christ? Here's how you'd know.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 9 min→
James 1:13–16 — where temptation really comes from
God tests faith; He never tempts anyone to sin. The bait is always on the hook. How lust becomes sin, how sin grows up into death, and why we're not helpless victims.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 8 min→
James 1:17–18 — every good gift, and the birth that changes everything
God doesn't change, and neither does His goodness. Why remembering that is the best defense against temptation — and what it means to be born of His will through the word of truth.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 6 min→
James 1:19–20 — quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger
One verse that, if you applied it, would save a lot of relationships. And a hard question: are you angrier at other people's sin or your own?
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 8 min→
James 1:21–27 — be doers of the Word, not hearers only
Four things a mature believer does: controls the tongue, separates from the world, learns the Bible, and applies it. And the mirror James holds up to all of us.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 8 min→
James 2:1–13 — partiality, the royal law, and mercy
The faith of Jesus and favoritism can't share a room. Why partiality is both sin and transgression, why breaking one link breaks the chain, and how mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 9 min→
James 2:14–26 — dead faith is fake faith
James is not teaching salvation by works. He's saying a faith that produces nothing was never faith. Abraham, Rahab, the demons, and the six things that justify.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 7 min→
James 3:1–12 — the tongue: small, powerful, and untamable by you
A bit steers a horse, a rudder steers a ship, a spark burns a forest. Why nobody can tame the tongue, who can, and the question James asks about blessing and cursing.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 8 min→
James 3:13–18 — two kinds of wisdom, and which one you have
Wisdom from above is pure, peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy. Wisdom from below is envy and ambition. Side by side, so you can tell which one is running your life.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 9 min→
James 4:1–12 — where fights come from, and how to end them
External strife is the fruit; internal strife is the root. Selfishness, friendship with the world, and the way back: submit to God, resist the devil, draw near.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 6 min→
James 4:13–17 — if the Lord wills
James isn't against planning, business, or making money. He's against doing any of it without God. Your life is a vapor; learn from the past, live in the present, plan for the future — under His will.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 8 min→
James 5:1–11 — riches, patience, and the coming of the Lord
Hoarded wealth rots. Persecuted believers wait like a farmer waits for rain. And the Judge is at the door. What James says to the rich, and to everyone waiting on Jesus.
- Bible StudySep 5, 2026 · 10 min→
James 5:12–20 — let your yes be yes, and pray for one another
Honest speech, prayer in trouble, praise in blessing, elders for the spiritually worn out, confession to one another, and the prayer of a righteous person. How James ends.
- Bible StudySep 4, 2026 · 5 min→
James 1:1 — who wrote James, and why it was written
The half-brother of Jesus, writing to believers scattered by persecution, with one goal: move them from immaturity to maturity. Part 1 of a study through James.
- Marriage & FamilySep 3, 2026 · 7 min→
The Christian husband: four things 1 Peter 3:7 asks of you
Live with her, seek to know her, honor her, and grow together in Jesus — so that your prayers aren't hindered. One verse, four assignments for husbands.
- Marriage & FamilySep 2, 2026 · 8 min→
Wives, submit as unto the Lord: what Ephesians 5 actually asks
Submission isn't inferiority and it isn't something done to you. It's something Jesus did. What Ephesians 5:22–24 and 1 Peter 3 say to wives, in plain words.
- Marriage & FamilySep 1, 2026 · 9 min→
Husbands, love your wife like Christ loves the church
Ephesians 5:25–33 gives husbands one command and the highest possible standard. What it means to love, give yourself up, nourish, and cherish your wife.
- Marriage & FamilyAug 31, 2026 · 7 min→
The root of most marriage problems (and the verse that fixes it)
Before Ephesians 5 says a word to wives or husbands, it says one thing to both: submit to one another in the fear of God. Most marriage trouble starts where that stops.
- Marriage & FamilyAug 30, 2026 · 9 min→
6 ways to improve your marriage, according to the Bible
Six honest, doable shifts that have strengthened marriages for thousands of years — each with something to try tonight, a prayer to pray, and a reason to give thanks.
- Our StoryAug 29, 2026 · 8 min→
The three-year plan: why we're starting a church in Big Rapids
I never wanted to start a church. Then I asked God to speak, and pulled up behind a license plate at a stoplight.
- Following JesusAug 28, 2026 · 6 min→
Congregational singing is not a spectator sport
What music will be like at TheWay: the whole room sings, old hymns and new songs, and no concert to watch.
- Following JesusAug 27, 2026 · 10 min→
What if God is already at work in your life? A 5-day devotional
Five short days to help you notice, reflect, and respond. God isn't waiting for you to chase Him down. He's already close — you just have to start noticing.
- Marriage & FamilyAug 25, 2026 · 9 min→
One man, one woman, for life: what the Bible means by marriage
Marriage isn't a preference we hold. It's a definition God gave — one man and one woman, joined in covenant, for life. Here's what that means, what it means for the rest of us, and why we still say come as you are.
- Church HurtAug 24, 2026 · 6 min→
I left church, but I still believe in God. Now what?
You're not a backslider and you're not a project. You're someone who got hurt by a building and kept the faith anyway. That's more common than anyone admits.
- Following JesusAug 17, 2026 · 7 min→
How to read the Bible for the first time (without starting at Genesis)
Most people who try to read the Bible cover to cover quit in Leviticus. Here's a better place to start, and what to do when it gets weird.
- Big RapidsAug 10, 2026 · 7 min→
Looking for a church in Big Rapids? An honest guide.
What to actually look for in a church, the questions worth asking a pastor, and why a new church is starting in Big Rapids.
- Bible StudyMar 30, 2026 · 4 min→
Becoming Barabbas: why you must see yourself in the guilty man Jesus saved
Becoming Barabbas, part 5 of 5. Four people stood near Jesus that morning. Only one of them understood what was happening — and he was the guilty one.
- Bible StudyMar 23, 2026 · 3 min→
Barabbas set free: the worst man in the story got the best ending
Becoming Barabbas, part 4 of 5. A robber, a murderer, an insurrectionist — and the only man that morning who walked away free because Jesus took his place.
- Bible StudyMar 16, 2026 · 3 min→
Peter: close to Christ but crumbling under pressure
Becoming Barabbas, part 3 of 5. Peter promised to die for Jesus, then denied Him three times before breakfast. What his failure teaches the rest of us.
- Bible StudyMar 9, 2026 · 3 min→
The Pharisees: religious but blind
Becoming Barabbas, part 2 of 5. They feared being defiled by a building but not by their own sin. Religion without a relationship with Jesus is the most dangerous place to stand.
- Bible StudyMar 2, 2026 · 3 min→
Pilate: seeking truth but unwilling to pay the price
Becoming Barabbas, part 1 of 5. Pilate asked "What is truth?" and walked away before the answer. Most people who reject Jesus don't hate Him — they just won't pay the price.
- Christian LivingFeb 10, 2026 · 2 min→
Stewardship: managing God's resources in everyday life
Stewardship is more than giving. It's the faithful management of everything God has entrusted to you — time, money, talents, relationships, and the gospel itself.
- Bible StudyJan 20, 2026 · 5 min→
The Ten Commandments: meaning, purpose, and why they still matter
A walk through each of the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20 — what it meant then, what it means now, and how each one points to Jesus.
- Christian LivingDec 8, 2025 · 2 min→
Time is money: biblical wisdom on spending your time wisely
If your hours were dollars, how would you be spending them? A short, honest look at budgeting the one resource you can't earn more of.
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