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Finding Peace in Uncertainty: How to Release Control and Trust God
Discover how to release anxiety, trust God's promises, and find lasting peace when the future feels uncertain.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
19 hours ago5 min read


What God Actually Requires: Three Things Micah Says Every Believer Needs
What does God actually require of believers? Explore Micah 6:8 and discover how justice, mercy, and humility flow from God’s grace rather than religious performance.

Arnie Cole
3 days ago3 min read


Are You Being Transformed—or Just Improving Yourself?
Are you truly being transformed by God or simply improving your habits? Discover four signs of spiritual transformation and a new way to measure growth in Christ.

Arnie Cole
5 days ago4 min read


Unlocking Hidden Rooms: How to Overcome Spiritual Compartmentalization and Find True Freedom
Discover how spiritual compartmentalization divides your faith and learn four practical steps to surrender hidden areas of your life to God and experience greater freedom.

Back to the Bible
7 days ago6 min read


How to Hide God's Word in Your Heart and Transform Your Daily Life
Learn how to hide God’s Word in your heart through Scripture study, meditation, journaling, and obedience so biblical truth transforms your everyday life.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Oct 85 min read


Come Back: What Hosea Says to Anyone Who Has Wandered From God
Have you drifted from God? Discover how Hosea 6 offers hope and a simple invitation to return, experience renewal, and begin walking toward God again.

Arnie Cole
Oct 63 min read


The Image of God: What You Really Are
Discover what it means to be made in the image of God and how this biblical truth transforms the way we understand our worth and treat every person we encounter.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Oct 55 min read


You Can’t Optimize What Jesus Told Us to Deny
We track sleep, steps, habits, and even spiritual streaks. But can self-optimization produce genuine transformation, or are we measuring what matters least?

Arnie Cole
Oct 44 min read


Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation: How Small Daily Steps Can Rekindle Your Faith
Feeling spiritually stagnant? Discover how small, consistent habits of prayer, Scripture, reflection, and Christian community can help rekindle your faith and restore spiritual momentum.

Back to the Bible
Oct 25 min read


INTRODUCING THE FAITHFUL OVERTHINKER
Meet The Faithful Overthinker, a new podcast creating space for skeptics, doubters, and people wrestling with difficult questions about God and faith.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Oct 12 min read


Overcoming Shame and Walking in Biblical Assurance
Struggling with shame or doubts about your salvation? Discover how Scripture points believers away from past failures and toward assurance, freedom, and confidence in Jesus Christ.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Oct 16 min read


THE BIBLE SAW IT COMING
Discover how Scripture identified the gap between hearing and living God’s Word long ago, and why daily Bible engagement is essential for lasting spiritual growth.

Arnie Cole
Sep 302 min read


THE QUESTION THAT CUTS THROUGH EVERYTHING
Discover why measuring spiritual transformation, not just ministry reach, matters and how Scripture engagement can produce lasting change in everyday lives.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Sep 293 min read


Dry Bones: What Ezekiel's Strange Vision Says About Spiritual Deadness
Feeling spiritually dry or disconnected? Discover what Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones teaches about trusting God for renewal when your faith no longer feels alive.

Arnie Cole
Sep 293 min read


LEARNING, LOVING, AND LIVING GOD’S WORD AS A SINGLE PARENT
Discover how consistent time in God’s Word can replace guilt with joy and provide strength, guidance, and reassurance for life’s challenges.

Back to the Bible
Sep 282 min read


The Fatherhood of God: The Most Personal Truth in Scripture
Discover what Scripture teaches about the Fatherhood of God and how being adopted into His family through Christ transforms prayer, security, obedience, worship, and everyday life.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Sep 288 min read


Don’t They Know Who I Am?
Pride is easy to recognize in others and difficult to see in ourselves. Discover where it hides and how biblical humility can change the way we respond.

Arnie Cole
Sep 275 min read


From Deception to Freedom: A Guide to Repentance
Learn how biblical repentance can help you recognize spiritual deception, leave false practices behind, make amends, and rebuild your life on the truth of God’s Word.

Back to the Bible
Sep 255 min read


Finding Strength in God: Staying Rooted in Hard Seasons
Feeling spiritually exhausted or distant from God? Discover how Scripture can help you stay rooted in truth, persevere in prayer, and find strength in hard seasons.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Sep 245 min read


When the Future God Promised Feels Far Away: A Word From Jeremiah for Hard Seasons
What does Jeremiah 29:11 really mean in hard seasons? Discover how its original context offers lasting hope when God’s promised future feels far away.

Arnie Cole
Sep 223 min read


Forgiveness: The Hardest Command and the Deepest Freedom
Why is forgiveness so difficult? Discover what biblical forgiveness really means, what it doesn’t require, and how releasing an offense to God can lead to freedom.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Sep 217 min read


You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Useful
Discover how faith, community, lived experience, and honest imperfection can help people in recovery find purpose and encourage others along the way.

Back to the Bible
Sep 196 min read


When Pain Has No Quick Fix: Hope in Chronic Suffering
Find biblical hope for chronic suffering through honest prayer, God’s sustaining presence, and practical ways to support those facing pain without easy answers.

Back to the Bible
Sep 185 min read


Finding Strength When You Feel Overlooked: 3 Biblical Truths to Anchor Your Soul
Feeling overlooked or unappreciated? Discover three biblical truths that remind you God sees your heart, remembers your faithfulness, and knows you completely.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Sep 176 min read
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