There is a verse in Galatians 6:9 that most people who have spent any time around the church have heard before. It carries a promise that is both deeply encouraging and, if we are honest, a little fru...  Read More

Galatians 6:22 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.Devotional: Devotional: The early church did not just worship together and go home. When someone had a need, the commu...  Read More

Acts 2:4646 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosityDevotional: Community does not drift into your life....  Read More

Ephesians 2:1414 For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.Devot...  Read More

1 Corinthians 12:2727 All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.Devotional: The sermon made a striking observation: we live in the most connected era in human history, and...  Read More

Acts 2:4242 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.Devotional: It is easy to build your...  Read More

What the Early Church Knew That We Have ForgottenThere is a strange paradox defining modern life. We are more connected than at any point in human history, and yet loneliness has reached epidemic prop...  Read More

Reading:  Isaiah 26:33 You will keep in perfect peace    those whose minds are steadfast,    because they trust in you.Devotional: Peace is rarely found all at once. It is discovered step by step alon...  Read More

Reading:  Romans 12:1-21 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship....  Read More

Reading:  1 Thessalonians 5:16-1816 Rejoice always,17 pray continually,18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.Devotional: Gratitude is not a feeling that a...  Read More

Reading:  Luke 15:3-73 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sh...  Read More

Reading:  Philippians 4:4-74  Rejoice in the Lord always.  Again I will say, rejoice! 5  Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. 6  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by p...  Read More