by OakAdmin | Jul 21, 2023 | Discipline, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Theology
So much of the Christian life is living with unresolvable mysteries. God is three, yet He is one. Jesus is fully God and also fully human. God is sovereign, yet people are responsible. And prayer. We pray with the confidence that God has a plan, is working that plan...
by OakAdmin | Jun 9, 2023 | Counseling, Discipline, Famous Writers, Integrity, Justice, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth
A sketch based on Roy Hession’s The Calvary Road “O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways…...
by OakAdmin | May 11, 2023 | Community Life, Disciplemaking, Famous Writers, Identity, Spiritual Gifts, Work, Worldview
Since work tends to be difficult, and is often frustrating, we can wrongly conclude that work itself is more of a curse than a blessing. “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of...
by OakAdmin | Apr 28, 2023 | Counseling, Discipline, Identity, Integrity, Justice, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, Theology
“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you...
by OakAdmin | Apr 14, 2023 | Comfort and Grief, Discipline, End Times, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth
Bible Project – Isaiah 1-39 Isaiah is one of the most important Old Testament prophets. How do we know this? John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness in fulfillment of Isaiah 40:3-5 (Matt. 3:4-6). Jesus defined the purpose of his ministry by quoting...
by OakAdmin | Apr 7, 2023 | Discipline, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
Photographer credit “And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, ‘So, could you not watch with me one hour?'” Matthew 26:40 What is prayer? Prayer is described in many ways in Scripture. It is a mystery on the one hand...
