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Jonah’s story is often minimized to a kids’ tale about being swallowed by a big fish, but it is permeated with anger, arrogance, prejudice, and bitterness. When bitterness is living in our blind spot, we can become numb to the grace and mercy of God.

As Moses leads 2 million people out of slavery in Egypt, friction is inevitable. Frustrated, Moses misses out on the complete experience of God’s goodness and faithfulness. Frustration isn’t always sinful, but it always makes life less simple.

While described as a “mighty warrior,” Gideon—selected by God to deliver the Israelites from oppression—isn’t intimidating. His fear blinds him to the fact that salvation is not dependent on the proficiency of humans but, instead, the power of God.

Hannah’s discouragement from a barren womb and difficult marriage situation blinded her to the power and presence of God. However, when she does pour out her heart to the Lord, she models how we should properly process our pain and discouragement.

Samson’s arrogance takes on many forms, including, in some cases, abusing his God-given strength for personal gain. His strength, ultimately, is one of his greatest weaknesses. His metaphorical blind spot becomes the reason for his literal blindness.

The first person born, Cain blazed the trail of blind spots. Before Cain kills his brother, God warns: “Sin is crouching at your door.” But blinded to his anger, Cain makes a devastating decision, kindling the fire of violence yet to be extinguished.

The resurrection of Jesus changed the world forever. Without it, we’d still be stuck in our sins with no hope beyond the grave. But this week, we praise God that the sadness of Friday leads through the sorrow of Saturday to the celebration of Sunday.

Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, it’s possible to live life the way it was meant to be lived. We can join Jesus in His death and new life through baptism. It’s time to step into or celebrate new life, leaving everything else beneath the water.

Life is hard, but there are promises to grip, strategies to employ. Flee evil and pursue intimacy with your Creator. Uproot what is broken and cultivate what is life-giving. Make war on what is destructive and rest in the God who loves you.

The only solution to spiritual, emotional, and physical exhaustion is a spiritual, emotional, and physical rhythm of rest. Jesus, our Shepherd, invites us to join Him in a new type of life where our souls can be truly refreshed.

God created humans, and in the very next scene, He rested. From the beginning of human history, He has been training us to live to the beat of His heart, resting in Him before all else. We were created to work out of our rest, not rest from our work.

We’re all sexually broken and in need of renewed and restored hearts and minds. Join us as we walk through David’s painfully honest prayer in Psalm 51, remembering the remedy for our sexual brokenness is reliance on the God who heals and forgives.

Pastor and Author Sam Allberry reminds us of God’s good design for the expression of human sexuality while giving us a Biblical perspective of what sex is designed to be and what it’s designed to do for us.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus confronts popular religious messages that contradict His vision for human life and sexuality. We’ll uncover the misinformed messages that have infiltrated the church and been cloaked as “Biblical” views of sexuality.

Our culture calls the pursuit of sexual freedom and fulfillment good, yet it only leads to deeper brokenness and captivity to our sinful desires. Embracing God’s vision for sexuality and intimacy allows us to experience the deep beauty of His design.

Pastor Mark Moore, in his book Quest 52, focuses on the one-on-one encounters of Jesus. Many started with compassion but were followed by action. Join us as Mark shares how we often feel compassion but miss the “and” to join our emotions to action.

In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus helps us understand that one-at-a-time living requires an out-of-the-way kind of love for people. He teaches His followers to have an extra mile mentality with one person at a time no matter the cost.

Jesus teaches that when the Kingdom intersects into our lives, it can grow far beyond seemingly small beginnings. We are to be intentional with intersections, seeing every opportunity—no matter the size—as a Kingdom opportunity God can do much with.

One of the words that best captures the love of Jesus is the word proximity. Jesus warned the religious not to refuse the invitation of living in proximity with Him. As believers, our proximity to God’s heart reflects our proximity to those He loves.

We want God to do great things through us, but He almost always wants to do something in us first. Maybe the best way to be a person of impact is not to say, “God, what do You want to do through me?” but instead, “God, what do You want to do in me?”