The prophets were not popular because they brought God's word of challenge and judgment to His people. In Amos 2:6-16, we see this clearly. People who knew God's grace and goodness, who had experienced His deliverance and provision through the wilderness and...

Dave spoke from 1 Pet 2:9-10 about being God's chosen people. People, for all their flaws and imperfections, have wonderful capacities for love, beauty, joy and kindness, being made in God's image. To be alive is a wondrous thing, but humans constantly ask 'Who am I?'...

Is 40:28-31 contain some of the most encouraging verses in the whole BIble, connecting hope with faith: 'Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.’ (Is 40:31) When we stop trusting in our own strength and stop relying on our own ingenuity, we find that God...