Mammas, dare to read and teach the bible in its fullness
Scripture isn’t just a storybook—it’s a masterpiece waiting to be explored in full.
Scripture isn’t just a storybook—it’s a masterpiece waiting to be explored in full.
We find ourselves at the end of the long Nordic winter! Winter is a time for hibernation, focusing on our own projects at home, watching TV, lighting a candle, shutting the door and waiting out the darkness and cold. Sounds cozy, right? But it can also be a lonely time for many, particularly (but not exclusively) for those living on their own. We take our Vitamin D regularly but it can only go so far against seasonal depression (SAD) symptoms. Additionally, the lack of meaningful social connection and intimacy can cause deep emotional pain. However, what if we saw this...
Have you ever heard someone say, “that was such a good meeting,” after a worship service? Or, “what a powerful gathering we just had”? What exactly is meant by such statements? What makes a worship service a good meeting? There are many possible answers, but if we consider these questions in terms of the nature of worship, we might assume that a meeting is good when the worship has made its point and achieved its purpose. What, then, is the purpose of our gatherings? In spirit and in truth Jesus said to a Samaritan woman he met at the well...
Sex is a wonderful, broken thing, but in Christ there is hope and healing.
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is...