Pray to the Trinity Last week we looked at God as Trinity and used the image of a tripod to illustrate how one God can exist in three parts: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Now we’ll build upon that understanding and use it to inform us so that we...
3 Images to Explain God as Trinity The Great Three in One: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Most Christians comprehend God as Trinity, a singular entity existing as three persons: Father, Son (Jesus), and Holy Spirit. This is confusing, but recall...
An Army of Angels to Protect Us The young girl gazes out into the desert. Something comes towards her. It is Solomon, her lover, traveling by carriage. He is accompanied by a protective band of weapon wielding warriors, tested and poised for...
3 Ways to Categorize Scripture: Discover How God’s Relationship with Us Shifts Over Time Though God Never Changes, the Bible Shows Us How Our Interaction with Him Has As we read the Bible, it’s easy to stumble onto confusing and even conflicting...
Is Jesus Waiting for You? The Son of Man Stands to Welcome Stephen Into Heaven Stephen stands before the Sanhedrin. His testimony becomes a sermon, which smartly recaps the story arc of the Old Testament, starting with father Abraham and spilling...
Technology Isn’t Needed to Have a Good Service (Visiting Church #10) It’s Father’s Day and we visit our fourth Baptist church in ten weeks. Like two of the others, this one is both a small congregation and an older congregation. They’re friendly...
How Can We Be Children of God if Jesus is the Only Son of God? Discover How God Can Have One Son and Have Many Sons (and Daughters) Too The Bible calls Jesus the Son of God. We see this in forty New Testament verses from speakers ranging from his...
Let Us Draw Near to God Four insights in how we are to approach God Because of who Jesus is and what he did for us, our relationship with God the Father changes. Through Jesus we have a new connection with Papa that we didn’t have before. We can...
Do We Need to Rethink How We Pray? Whether we pray often or seldom, we have likely fallen into unexamined habits How do you begin your prayers? What is your common salutation? It might be “Heavenly Father . . .” or perhaps “Father God . . . ” or...
The Bible Reveals God the Father to Us Father God is the star of the Old Testament; it explains his expectations and shows his care The story arc in the Bible is God’s relationship to us: the creator and his creation. Most people of faith—the...
