207 The Land Between: Meltdown and Prayer

When you’re in the Land Between, the natural question we ask is, “How long? How long will I be in this hard place?”

Dave DeSelmNovember 24, 2024wilderness, change, transitions, spiritual growth, meltdown, breakdown, burn out, prayer, pour out your heart, honest prayer

206 The Land Between: Complaint and Trust

Sooner or later, all of us will find ourselves in the Land Between – a place of undesired and difficult transitions.

Dave DeSelmNovember 17, 2024wilderness, change, transitions, complaint, complaining, manna, trust, trusting God, spiritual growth

205 The God Who Is Gracious

We all know what it’s like to screw up. To go somewhere we shouldn’t have gone and done something we shouldn’t have done.

Dave DeSelmNovember 10, 2024knowing God, God, who is God, what is God like, grace, gracious, scarlet thread, atonement

204 The God Who Is Righteous

If asked to name the attributes of God’s character, most likely you’d say love, power, or wisdom. But the attribute mentioned more than any other in the Bible is His righteousness or justice.

Dave DeSelmNovember 3, 2024knowing God, God, who is God, what is God like, righteous, righteousness, justice, Micah 6:8

203 The God Who Is Omnipotent

Our God is all-powerful. King David tried to describe His power in Psalm 29. He likened God’s power to a ferocious thunderstorm that splintered trees and shook the earth. Yet as incredible and fearsome as that storm was, God’s power is even greater

Dave DeSelmOctober 27, 2024knowing God, God, who is God, what is God like, omnipotence, omnipotent, all-powerful, God's power

202 The God Who Is Omnipresent

What does it mean that God is omnipresent - that God is everywhere?

201 The God Who Is

It has been said that what comes to our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.

Dave DeSelmOctober 13, 2024knowing God, God, Daniel, who is God, what is God like

200 Welcoming the Stranger: Jesus and the Marginalized

Jesus was an immigrant. Have you ever thought about that? Shortly after His birth, an angel warned His father, Joseph that Herod was seeking to kill the infant Jesus and that they should flee to Egypt.

Dave DeSelmOctober 6, 2024Micah 6:8, immigration, refugees, love your neighbor, John 4, Matthew 2

199 Welcoming the Stranger: Of Immigrants, Exiles, and Aliens

With the issue of immigration increasingly in the headlines nationally and with the reality of refugees in our own city and perhaps your neighborhood, I think the time has come for us to look at what the Bible has to say regarding the “strangers” among us.

Dave DeSelmSeptember 29, 2024Micah 6:8, immigration, refugees, love your neighbor