I might have expected Paul to hate those he knew so well. But the love of Christ creates wonderful and surprising endings.

Tim Shorey, one of our staff writers, is journaling through his struggle with stage 4 cancer. In this entry, God is always doing more than we can perceive from the outside.

The Word of God is our treasure. It’s sweet like honey. Just as we feast on food, we also need to feast on Scripture.

In his special grace towards his children, the Lord goes even further. He not only allows objects to hold memories, but he also specifically builds our faith through them.

As we meet each week, we show this broken world a picture of the coming kingdom where God's people will be gathered around the throne as one praising his name.

We’ve all experienced small-scale deaths, disappointments, and disorientation. Yet, no matter what comes, we can ask God to grow us in this privilege of praying in the Holy Spirit.

We must ask God to give us a heart that is willing to kneel down and weep with those who are weeping.

Our time in prayer gives us the incredible gift of humbly gazing on God’s power, victory, and glory already present in each of our days.

Without denying the horror and grief of death, we grieve in hope. And we do so because our grief is informed by the empty tomb.

We do not lose heart because we know that the day is coming when, like the Egyptian army, evil will be destroyed, and we will sing the song of the Lamb together by the sea.

It’s clear that the God of Job is the same Lord of steadfast love we see throughout the whole of Scriptures.

We are welcomed home to God because Jesus was exiled by God. He was forsaken that we might be forgiven.