by OakAdmin | Aug 8, 2025 | Assurance of Salvation, Comfort and Grief, End Times, Identity, Pain and Suffering, Persecution, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, The Holy Spirit, Theology
“The sufferings we go through in the present time are not worth putting in the scale alongside the glory that is goingto be unveiled for us. Yes: creation itself is on tiptoe with expectation, eagerly waiting for the moment when God’s children will be...
by OakAdmin | Aug 1, 2025 | Community Life, Counseling, Current Events, Disciplemaking, Discipline, Identity, Parenting, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, The Holy Spirit, Theology
Marines on patrol – Marines “And Jesus answered them, ‘See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, “I am the Christ,” and they will lead many astray… ‘Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on...
by OakAdmin | Jul 11, 2025 | Church News, Comfort and Grief, Discipline, Identity, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Scripture, Shalom, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, The Holy Spirit, Theology, Unity
“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 After extended teaching on spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12) and a beautiful poem about love (ch. 13), Paul summarizes the key Christian virtues as...
by OakAdmin | Jul 4, 2025 | Comfort and Grief, Famous Writers, Integrity, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth, Theology
“Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.” Psalm...
by OakAdmin | Jul 1, 2025 | Assurance of Salvation, Comfort and Grief, Famous Writers, Integrity, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Scripture, Shalom, Theology
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Suffering is not optional in this world. All of us will have our share (and then some) of sorrow and...
by OakAdmin | Jun 20, 2025 | Church News, Comfort and Grief, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Scripture, Shalom, Theology
“I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see...
