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 | Nov 15, 2024 | Abide Series Blogs, Identity, Prayer, Shalom, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, The Holy Spirit, Theology, Unity
“The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even...
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...
by OakAdmin | Oct 9, 2024 | Comfort and Grief, Heaven, Outreach, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Theology
“And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ And he...
by OakAdmin | Sep 27, 2024 | Identity, Prayer, Scripture, The Gospel, The Holy Spirit, Theology
“For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your...
