1 Kings

Adam Ray // July 21, 2024 Have you ever wondered what happens when you allow your mind to fixate on what others have and to grow frustrated on what you don’t have? Look no further than 1 Kings 21!  We find Ahab, vexed and sullen with a covetous spirit, however, his heart is about to…

Adam Ray // July 14, 2024 In this chapter we find a war saturated story paired with drunken kings, walls falling down on 27,000 Syrian soldiers, lions killing prophets because they wouldn’t punch another prophet and a bold reminder that we serve a limitless God, rich in mercy and the giver of abundant hope!

John Vermilya // July 7, 2024 The church that Jesus promised to build has been under attack for 2000 years. And half-hearted Christians with milk-toast faith are the first to fall away or get picked off. God’s call is to leave everything behind on behalf of the fight for His kingdom.

John Vermilya // June 30, 2024 Sooner or later everyone faces disappointment, discouragement or despair. The important question when we feel hopeless, fearful, and alone is whether we will run toward God or away from him.

Isaac Riddle // June 23, 2024 In this text, we look at three different prayers; three different forms of prayer that Elijah gave to God, in faith, as a primary weapon in this fight. The hope is that we wouldn’t see these prayers as circumstantial, as unique to Eljiah’s story alone, but as a necessity in…

Adam Ray // June 16, 2024 In this passage we see what is potentially the greatest spiritual showdown in 1 Kings.  Two heavyweights duke it out in a winner takes all bout between the God of the Bible and the pagan gods Baal and Asherah.

Tim Burgess // June 9, 2024 Faith and obedience can sometimes stir up trouble, but the trouble is on the side of the faithless and the disobedient.

John Vermilya // June 2, 2024 The fact that God is both transcendent and immanent is hard wrap one’s mind around. But if we don’t accept this paradox, that God is limitless in power and at the same time is intensely personal, then our understanding of God is too small.

John Vermilya // May 26, 2024 It’s easy to look for spiritual shortcuts or hacks to get what we want from God. This temptation is nothing new, and only shortchanges God’s process. In Elijah’s life we see that the only way is the same old way, which is God’s way.

John Vermilya // May 19, 2024 We can waste years and lifetimes trying to fill the God-shaped hole in our souls. Good things become god-things as we worship the work of our own hands. Only Christ can fill that void because as image-bearers, we were made for God alone.