Faith heroes aren’t heroes because of how great they are, but because of how great God is! We see God’s extraordinary work again and again throughout the Bible in the lives of remarkably flawed people. David’s life, marked by spectacular triumph and tragedy, is filled with many powerful life lessons for us, especially related to faith. When he was just a young shepherd boy, David famously stood toe to toe with an intimidating giant of a man named Goliath. The Israelite army w

Of all of the faith heroes we have been learning about in this series, Samson is the one who looked like a superhero. He had long, flowing locks, a powerful build and super-human strength. Samson’s strength was actually a divine gift from God that was intended to be used to help him fight the Philistines, an enemy of the Israelites. Not only was Samson remarkably strong, he was also remarkably flawed. He had some anger issues, he was vengeful and he was a womanizer. Yet despi

What are the attributes of a true friend? When you think about your very best friends in life, what stands out about them? Loyalty, kindness, faithfulness, goodness, love, trustworthiness are characteristics that come to mind for me. In the Bible, there is a woman by the name of Ruth who exemplified all of those traits. You may not be surprised to know that her name, Ruth, literally means “friendship.” Her story is captured in a book of the Bible named for her (Ruth). All of

This week, lots of folks are enjoying summer vacation for the week of the 4th. Hopefully you enjoyed some fun, food and spectacular fireworks to celebrate our nation’s independence! Before we could celebrate our independence as a nation, we had to rid our country of the oppressive forces of the British Empire. There was a time hundreds of years ago, when God’s people, the Israelites, found themselves under the thumb of an oppressive people, the Midianites and Amalekites. For