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BITE-SIZED RESOURCES FOR SPIRITUAL FITNESS
Brief biblically-based articles that help you move closer to Jesus, experience a transformed life, and become an active disciple-maker.


AI Didn’t Replace You. You Stepped Out First.
AI can offer spiritual advice, but it cannot replace a lifetime of experience. Discover why older believers’ stories, struggles, and “scar tissue” may be exactly what the next generation needs.

Arnie Cole
4 hours ago4 min read


Finding Your Footing Again
Learn how wise counsel, honesty, humility, and healthy responses to rejection can help you rebuild work, relationships, and everyday life in early recovery.

Back to the Bible
1 day ago6 min read


How to Stop White-Knuckling Life and Find True Surrender
Tired of white-knuckling your way through life? Discover how biblical surrender can break the cycle of control, self-reliance, and exhaustion and help you trust God.

Back to the Bible
2 days ago5 min read


Finding Strength in the Storm: How God’s Word Anchors You When Life Feels Overwhelming
Feeling overwhelmed? Discover how God’s Word provides strength, lasting joy, stability, and hope when life feels too heavy to carry on your own.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
3 days ago5 min read


The Twelve: Judas, the Disciple Who Looked the Part
Judas walked with Jesus for three years, yet his heart remained unchanged. Discover the sobering warning his life offers about the difference between knowing about Christ and truly following Him.

Arnie Cole
5 days ago3 min read


The Grace of God: The Word We Cannot Live Without
Discover what the Bible teaches about God’s grace, why salvation cannot be earned, and how grace continues to transform, strengthen, and sustain Christians throughout life.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
6 days ago7 min read


The Cross We Never Have To Carry
What does it really mean to take up your cross daily? Explore how surrender differs from legalism and what following Jesus can cost us in ordinary life.

Arnie Cole
Aug 304 min read


When Sobriety Is Not Enough
Sobriety does not make life easy. Discover how faith, recovery community, honest self-examination, and daily practices help us face pain without escaping.

Back to the Bible
Aug 295 min read


Overcoming Spiritual Delay: How to Stop Fooling Yourself
Are you waiting on God or simply delaying obedience? Discover how to recognize spiritual self-deception, confront excuses, and take practical steps of faith today.

Back to the Bible
Aug 285 min read


How to Overcome Fear and Find Strength in God's Word
Discover how God’s Word helps you overcome fear, trust His presence, face overwhelming challenges, and find strength when life feels uncertain.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Aug 276 min read


Living in Hope when God Says, “Wait”
Why does God sometimes make us wait? Discover eight biblical truths that can strengthen your faith, deepen your trust, and give you hope in God’s timing.

Chuck Lawless
Aug 264 min read


The Twelve: Philip, the Disciple Who Asked the Honest Question
Philip wasn't afraid to ask honest questions. Discover how this practical-minded disciple teaches us that sincere questions can deepen our faith and point others to Jesus.

Arnie Cole
Aug 253 min read


Marriage: The Covenant That Reflects the Gospel
Discover what the Bible teaches about marriage as a sacred covenant designed to reflect Christ and the church through love, faithfulness, sacrifice, and grace.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Aug 247 min read


A Thaw Is Not a Harvest - Part Three: What you saw. What they saw. And the number neither of us can find.
Is America experiencing genuine Christian revival, or are we seeing the beginning of a spiritual thaw? New research reveals a critical gap between renewed interest and disciple-making.

Arnie Cole
Aug 234 min read


When Recovery Gives You More Than Your Old Life Back
Discover how surrender, confession, faith, and doing the next right thing can lead to a life in recovery that is better than simply returning to the past.

Back to the Bible
Aug 226 min read
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