by OakAdmin | Dec 20, 2024 | Comfort and Grief, Famous Writers, Integrity, Pain and Suffering, Scripture, Spiritual Growth, Theology
“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory...
by OakAdmin | Dec 6, 2024 | Comfort and Grief, Integrity, Pain and Suffering, Scripture, Shalom, Spiritual Growth
Free pic from Wannapik: https://www.wannapik.com/vectors/52138 “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, ‘O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from...
by OakAdmin | Nov 22, 2024 | Abide Series Blogs, Discipline, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 We started back in August (2024) in the Abide Series by learning about grapes and vines. We saw that...
by OakAdmin | Nov 4, 2024 | Community Life, Current Events, End Times, History, Prayer, Scripture, Shalom, Unity
“The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men… And you shall be...
by OakAdmin | Nov 1, 2024 | Abide Series Blogs, Identity, Prayer, Scripture, Theology
What’s in a name? Your name embodies who you are: your personality, reputation, family, vocation — your identity. It is shorthand for you. Here is a quick overview of the names of God in the Old Testament. “In the beginning, God (Elohim) created the...
by OakAdmin | Oct 11, 2024 | Apologetics, Comfort and Grief, Community Life, History, Pain and Suffering, Scripture, Theology
“His disciples said, ‘Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.’” John 16:29-30 At the end of John 16...