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Water is the working substance of much of God’s creation and continues to be essential for and within us. While the recent floods have made water seem a danger, we might think of it as a place of God’s work.

Our salvation and our daily protection are not mere chance, nor are they a sign that we are better than others. They are the kindnesses of God which are undeserved and yet are a part of God’s intended plan

Perhaps it would have been easier to be Luther in his day. Luther saw a clear challenge to the gospel and responded with courage. The stakes were life and death, but the lines were clearly drawn. Today many of our challenges lack that clarity. Our early-millennium American culture expects us to accept any belief as […]

God lives in “unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see” (1 Tim. 6:16). God is hidden behind a barrier impenetrable by human beings. In the words of Isaiah, ‘You are truly a God who hides himself…” (Is. 45:15). This means that no one has the ability to look “behind the beyond” to […]

This four part Bible study by Rev. Daniel Paavola uses vacations and travel as a metaphor to help youth understand the freedom found in picking up their crosses to follow Christ.