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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


The Twelve: What Jesus Sees in the People Nobody Else Notices
Some of Jesus' disciples are barely mentioned in Scripture, yet their faithfulness helped build the early church. Discover what James, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Bartholomew teach us about quiet obedience.

Arnie Cole
Sep 83 min read


Something New Is Coming!
Discover how Jesus transformed fearful disciples into a Spirit-empowered church sent to share the gospel with courage, grace, and purpose.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Sep 32 min read


RECEIVED. REFLECTED. RESPONDED. NOW REVEAL.
Discover why spiritual growth is meant to be shared and how revealing what God is doing in your life can help build faith in someone else.

Arnie Cole
Sep 22 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
Sep 13 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


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


Faith as an Endurance Sport: Moving Beyond the Sprint Mindset
Faith isn’t a sprint. Discover how daily spiritual habits, rest, community, and perseverance can build the endurance you need to follow Christ faithfully for the long haul.

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Aug 215 min read


What Does the Bible Say About Love? How God Redefines How We Love Others
What does the Bible really say about love? Discover how Scripture defines love through patience, kindness, sacrifice, forgiveness, and the unchanging love of God revealed in Jesus.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Aug 206 min read


Humility: The Virtue That Makes Every Other Virtue Real
Discover what biblical humility really means, why God gives grace to the humble, and how following Christ’s example transforms our relationships, leadership, prayer, and daily walk with God.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Aug 177 min read


How God Restores Broken Lives: Hope After Wasted Years
Discover how God restores broken lives, redeems wasted years, and brings hope through persistent prayer, honest surrender, community, and grace after failure.

Back to the Bible
Aug 145 min read


How to Overcome Failure and Practice Daily Gratitude in Hard Seasons
Failure does not have the final word. Discover how God's grace restores fallen believers and how daily gratitude anchors your heart in hope through every season.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Aug 135 min read


Living in Hope: Delighting in God’s Forgiveness when Temptation Comes
Temptation and failure do not have the final word. Discover ten powerful biblical pictures of God’s forgiveness and find hope, strength, and gratitude to pursue obedience in Christ.

Chuck Lawless
Aug 124 min read


The Sovereignty of God: The Doctrine That Holds Everything Together
Discover what the Bible teaches about God’s sovereignty and how trusting His complete rule over every circumstance brings peace in fear, purpose in suffering, and confidence for the future.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Aug 107 min read


You Are Always Redeemable
Discover how trauma treatment, forgiveness, faith, community, and service can help rebuild a life after addiction, shame, and serious consequences.

Back to the Bible
Aug 85 min read


How to Finish Strong: Guarding Your Heart Against the Traps of Life
Learn how to guard against spiritual drift, build practical safeguards, remain faithful through every stage of life, and finish your Christian race strong.

Back to the Bible
Aug 76 min read


Finding Unshakable Peace: How God’s Word Anchors You in Life’s Storms
Discover how God's presence, the Holy Spirit, and the truth of Scripture provide unshakable peace when loneliness, fear, and life's storms threaten to overwhelm you.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Aug 66 min read


Living in Hope: Finding It Even when God’s People are Messy
Has church hurt stolen your hope? Discover how Paul's love for the messy Corinthian church reminds us that God is still at work in imperfect people—and in imperfect churches.

Chuck Lawless
Aug 54 min read


Gratitude: The Discipline That Reorders the Heart
What does the Bible teach about gratitude? Discover why thanksgiving is more than a feeling—it's a spiritual discipline that reshapes your heart, deepens your joy, and anchors your faith in God's unchanging goodness.

Pastor Braden Pedersen
Aug 37 min read


WHAT GETS LOST IN SUMMER, AND WHY IT MATTERS
A practical encouragement to rebuild your daily Scripture habits after summer through four simple movements: Receive, Reflect, Respond, and Reveal.

Arnie Cole
Aug 24 min read


The Care That Keeps Recovery Alive
Discover how continuing care, support, spiritual practices, healthy routines, and wise boundaries help sobriety become a sustainable way of life.

Back to the Bible
Aug 16 min read


INTRODUCING OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Meet Back to the Bible's new Executive Director, Braden Pedersen, and discover his vision for Scripture-centered discipleship.

Arnie Cole
Aug 13 min read
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