Acts 8:26-31 (NASB) 'But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, "Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road. ) So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the...

This past week felt a lot like Spring around many parts of Iowa.  Saturday was Sunny with highs in the 50s around many parts of the state.  If you have walked through your yard or driven on any gravel roads, you may have also noticed another Springtime phenomenon,...

I spent a lot of my childhood in a religious church.  Many people went to church because they should, they acted a certain way because of a list of rules they should follow, and they prayed because it was a requirement to be a "good christian." This was not true of...

Now that we're a week into 2019 are we ready to be real about it? Let's be honest: we usually spend the first week of the year making goals and plans that we end up never following through on. Sometimes that's because we find the goal we've set to be too difficult or...

Isaiah 43:19 New International Version (NIV) 19 See, I am doing a new thing!     Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness     and streams in the wasteland. This verse is the one for me as I look at the New Year of 2019. This year...

2 Peter 1:3-8 (NASB) 'seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises,...