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Luke 1:5-38 | Andrew Murch | In Luke's Gospel account, the story of the birth of the one, promised Messiah actually begins with the birth of two babies: Jesus Christ and John the Baptist. Both born to women who in ordinary circumstances could not be pregnant, the coming of these extraordinary men is announced in an equally extraordinary way.…

Philippians 4:14-23 | Josh Butler | By his grace and according to his own design, God has determined that one of the primary means for the sending, supporting, and sustaining of gospel workers is the Church. In part, ‘to be the Church’ means to support the work of gospel ministry, to partner with gospel laborers, and to be an agent of encouragement…

Philippians 4:10-13 | Andrew Murch | Here, Paul discusses the way that the Lord has provided for him in times of need, both through the church in Philippi and through His nearness. In verse 10, readers see Paul discussing how the church’s concern for him has been revived as they had an opportunity to care for him. He continues to discuss throughout…

Philippians 4:2-9 | Andrew Murch | Joy and peace often seem to be a package deal. Like inseparable friends, one is seldom seen without the other. In fact, they even start looking alike after a while. There they are, side by side, in Paul’s list of spiritual fruit (Gal. 5:22), and, just as he suggests, they both wave invitingly to us from the lives …

Philippians 3:17-4:1 | Thomas Terry | Multiple times in the New Testament, Paul refers to the Christian’s citizenship in heaven. Those who are citizens of God’s kingdom are welcomed into his family, given grace, and united together with him. Citizens of the Kingdom of God have different, allegiances, live for a different purpose, and live different…

Philippians 3:12-16 | Andrew Murch | Running for the health of it is one thing; running for first place is still another. However, we can look at this passage as one running for their very lives. People facing the fury of a huge storm in a disaster movie don’t go back into their house for the heirloom dining set as the tidal wave approaches their c…

Philippians 3:1-11 | Andrew Murch | What do we consider as “surpassing worth” in our lives? According to Paul, following Jesus not only involved giving up our self-earned “righteousness,” but embracing a life of suffering, death, and resurrection. Is it worth it? Paul argues that knowing Jesus is the only thing of “surpassing worth.” Is Jesus worth…

Philippians 2:19-30 | Andrew Murch | Who doesn’t appreciate a good example? Anyone faced with an important or complicated task can see the value in an example. Elementary-age kids are given examples of good handwriting as they learn. Parents show teenagers how to parallel park before turning them loose on the streets of Clark County. In Philippians…

Philippians 2:12-18 | Andrew Murch | This week, even when it’s uncomfortable, allow God’s word to reveal the places of grumbling and arguing in your heart. Pray that the Lord will give you contentment and love for the life and people that he’s given you.โดย Andrew Murch

Philippians 2:1-11 | Andrew Murch | God wants his people to be unified, and now more than ever in our current context it seems like we can find a million petty reasons to be divided even in the church. The opening of Philippians 2 challenges our worldly loves, preferences, and opinions, and it confronts us with the work of the God-man.…

Philippians 1:18b-30 | Andrew Murch | Paul’s letter to the Philippians confronts us with this truth as he declares that in life or death there is only one thing that matters: Jesus Christ. If Paul lives, it will be for Christ. If he dies, it will be for Christ whom he will meet face to face. Nothing else is more supreme. We find this tension in our…

Philippians 1:12-18a | Andrew Murch | When we look at the work of our hands and the days before us, it’s easy to lose sight of these two things; gospel work and the hope of eternity. It is both a discipline and an act of grace to be able to look up from our “today” and see where the Lord is working. May he give us those eyes today and may it fill u…

Philippians 1:1-11 | Andrew Murch | Paul has reasons to be sad, being separated from the Philippians. But, he has greater reasons to rejoice. Paul could grieve about being removed from brothers and sisters in Christ, but his confidence in Christ Jesus gives him a sure faith that at the very least, he will see these dear friends again on the Day of …

Psalm 56:1-13 | Nathan Noorlun | "In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?" Captured by the Philistines, David calls out to God in a prayer saturated with confidence and hope in God. Here, we see that, although oppressed and imprisoned, the hope of God's people is in God himself.…

Psalm 91:1-16 | Joshua Ryan Butler | "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty." It is a wonderful thing to find oneself under the shadow of God's redemptive refuge and protection. For the author of Psalm 91, it cause him to glorify God and meditate on the reality of life lived in the presence of God.…

Psalm 19:1-14 | Andrew Murch | When you are awed by Mt. Hood, moved by the tides on Cannon Beach, or blown away in the Gorge, you are hearing the symphony of God’s creation declaring his glory. When you read his Word, you are learning from the conductor how and why the notes that are played. When you cry out to him and receive redemption, you learn…

Psalm 6:1-10 | Gavin Hesse | "Turn, O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love." As we continue exploring the Psalms this summer, we come to another prayer from King David. Here, we see that evil does are cast off as David cries out for deliverance from the Lord.โดย Gavin Hesse

Psalm 16:1-11 | Noah Soistmann | "Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge." There is great joy and hope and peace for the people of God. In Psalm 16, King David considers who God is and who we are as his people. Here, we are reminded that life is lived at its fullest when life is lived in God.โดย Noah Soistmann

Psalm 55:1-23 | Andrew Murch | "Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved." Written by King David, Psalm 55 is a prayer-song born out of a season of incredible suffering and anguish. Throughout the psalm, David cries to and pleads with God. Here, we see the reality that God's people, even …

Psalm 39:1-13 | Daniel Orozco | "O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!" In this prayer, King David bows before God and contemplates his own life. Here, we see the truth of how a desperate person approaches a perfect God.โดย Daniel Orozco

Psalm 1:1-6 | Andrew Murch | "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers." The Bible has a lot to say about the way of the wise and the way of the foolish. What separates one way from the other, and how can we know with confidence that our own way is right? In Ps…

Psalm 137:1-9 | Mike Clarensau | "By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion." From the humiliation of exile comes a prayer sung by the ancient Israelites. As they remember the glory and prosperity of their ancestors, God's people call on God to remember their affliction and those afflicting them.…

Psalm 73:1-28 | Tim Smith | "But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works." Written by Asaph, Psalm 73 details a man of God caught between devotion to the Lord and envy for the prosperity of the wicked. Here, we see that God is the ultimate reward for man.…

Acts 16:11-40 | Noah Soistmann | This passage is a beautiful reminder for us to slow down and look for where the Lord is working. Instead of rushing from one thing to the next, constantly distracting ourselves, what would it cost to slow down, to look others in the eyes, and pray for the Lord’s leading? Who could the Lord lead you to this week?…

Acts 16:1-10 | Andrew Murch | Have you ever taken a moment to look back through your family line and trace the impact of the gospel? Do you know who was the first person in your family to follow Jesus? For some of us it’s parents, or grandparents, or even great-grandparents who passed on the faith. For many, it’s starting with you right now! You ar…

Acts 15:36-41 Andrew Murch | After being a fly on the wall at a moment of division and clarity for the church, we now are let into a conversation that seems like another very small debate. Two friends, Paul and Barnabas, co-laborers in the gospel, have a disagreement. This is the Barnabas who was the only one to welcome Paul into the faith. These t…

Acts 15:1-35 | Jake Gamble | There’s only one reason people enjoy watching reality TV: the drama! With clashing people, opinions, and decisions come conflicts, debates, and arguments. The cliffhanger is always if conflict will tear the people apart, or if they’ll work it out. We’re about to enter a religious reality TV show episode. Acts 15 is a cr…

Acts 14:1-28 | Josh Lane | Imagine being worshipped as a God and then chased down for murder all in the same day. Welcome to a day in the life of Paul the missionary. Paul and Barnabas set out on their first missionary journey together after having been driven out of Antioch and Pisidia. By the power of the Holy Spirit, they begin to “speak boldly”…

Acts 13:13-52 | Andrew Murch | Anyone who has children or have interacted with children knows the meaning of “selective hearing.” However, it’s not isolated only to kids. We all have a propensity to hear what we want to hear and to ignore what we’re not willing to here. Throughout Jesus’ ministry and here in the book of Acts we have seen two kinds …

Acts 13:1-12 | Andrew Murch | There are several stories in the book of Acts that amaze, make you scratch your head, or simply reveal the wonder of God’s work. This text is one of those. What opens as a seemingly average “role call” already blows the mind (tip: “role calls” in the Bible are never random). Just verses ago we saw the raging of a Herod…

Acts 12:1-25 | Andrew Murch | The camera shifts, the scene changes, and we’re once again back in Jerusalem seeing what is happening to the church and the Apostles there. As we look back at the epicenter of the early church, we also see the heart of the persecution of Christians. Herod is ramping up his ongoing attempts to silence and suppress the C…

Acts 11:19-30 | Mike Clarensau | The map keeps stretching farther and farther away from Jerusalem. From Joppa to Cyprus to Antioch the church is expanding over land and water to reach people with the gospel of Jesus. Though Jews fled the persecution in Jerusalem, they couldn’t shut up about Jesus! Wherever they went they would tell people about Jes…

Acts 10:1-11:18 | Andrew Murch | Visions of a heavenly dinner coming from the sky, still “oinking”, “caw-ing”, and slithering. May not be the kind of dinner you’d hope for, and it’s certainly not something you’d expect as instrumental to the spread of the gospel. Yet, this chapter serves as a very significant turning point in the book. As we rememb…

Acts 9:31-43 | Gavin Hesse | For a brief moment the turmoil in the early church has been quieted. God has taken an instrument of persecution, Saul, and has made him an instrument for the gospel. At least for a moment, the church is not being hunted by Saul but is being built up. The church continues forward, following the Lord and seeing the Spirit…

Acts 9:1-30 | Andrew Murch | On the stage of our narrative, a lurking dark shadow approaches the foreground this week and will himself be blinded by the light. It’s a character who so far has been seen very little but will become one of the greatest influences of the early church and today. You’ve heard his name; you’ve heard him “breathing murdero…

Isaiah 53:1-9 | Andrew Murch | The gospel is a message about the servant who came to suffer, the king who stepped off his throne, the savior who had to die. All across the pages of Scripture, the work of Christ is proclaimed. On Good Friday, we remember the price that Christ paid to make a way for sinners to be reconciled to God.…

Acts 8:26-40 | Andrew Murch | On the heels of his account of the Church's mixed experience of suffering and faithful gospel proclamation, Luke shares a very interesting story. An Ethiopian eunuch is riding along in a chariot on his return trip from Jerusalem when Philip is prompted by the Holy Spirit to meet him. In this remarkable scene, Philip sh…

Acts 8:4-25 | Noah Soistmann | It is in the shadow of the stoning of Stephen that we resume our journey through the book of the Acts of the Apostles. As Stephen is buried and the Church is ruthlessly oppressed, one naturally wonders how these Christians will move forward. And to make matters worse, Acts 8 fully introduces us to a new character: Sau…

1 Samuel 12:1-25 | Andrew Murch | A crotchety old man stands in front of all of Israel, reminds them of their past, and warns them of their future. Have we read this before? The way this book is going, we may see it again. Now, what is it about this message that seems similar? God is good and mighty to save? Check. The people have the promise of a …

1 Samuel 10:17-11:15 | Will Anderson | Where the farmer king fights his transformation, the Lord of All remains sovereign. The bleating of His sheep Israel when Ammonite wolves threaten them stirs the Father to raise a savior for his people. The Lord would not suffer disgrace upon Himself or His people. Saul cannot help but listen to the Spirit and…

1 Samuel 9:1-10:16 | Andrew Murch | Imagine scouring the county for your missing dog only to be told by a smelly, scraggly fortune teller that you’ll one day be President. “You’re going to rule the nation. Don’t worry about your doggy; he’s a good boy. Have a leg of lamb. Mazel tov!” That scenario is similar to what Saul thought happened up until h…

1 Samuel 8:1-22 | Andrew Murch | Do you have a pivotal moment in your life? What season or event in your life do you look back on and say, “now that changed everything!” First Samuel 8 is a pivotal moment in the life of Israel. This is a moment that generations would look back on in the life of Israel and recognize when things changed. Life was nev…

1 Samuel 7:1-17 | Andrew Murch | Though the Ark of the Covenant has returned from enemy lines and is back in the hands of the Israelites, a couple of decades pass with no progress. The people of Israel are still living in fear of their Philistine neighbors and seem to have no interest in serving Yahweh. Behind the scenes, in these decades since Sam…

1 Samuel 5:1-6:21 | Andrew Murch | Israel has already experienced that they cannot use God like their personal genie in a box and the Philistines are about to experience the same as well. At first, the Philistines are feeling pretty good. You see, these battles were not about the strength of one army versus another, but rather, was a show-down of t…

1 Samuel 4:1-22 | Josh Lane | This passage is a humbling reminder to all who read it of the weight of God’s holiness. As we walk through the story of the Old Testament we have a few flashbacks to the book of Judges as this specific story in 1 Samuel seems to go from bad to worse quickly. This passage shows us how seriously God views sin, how separa…

1 Samuel 3:1-21 | Andrew Murch | 1 Samuel continues to put the reader’s head on a swivel. We look to Eli’s family and see that their end is coming, then turn and look at Samuel. This young boy is learning to hear the voice of the Lord. Something that Eli’s family had seemed to forget. We’ve seen this theme continually in Scripture, that when darkne…

1 Samuel 2:12-36 | Andrew Murch | Last week, our narrative opened with the backstory of Samuel and his miraculous birth. As Samuel is dedicated to service in the temple, we turn to the priesthood and to Eli and his sons, Hophni and Phinehas. In our passage this week, the focus shifts from the faith of Hannah to the folly of Eli’s son and the failin…

1 Samuel 1:1-2:11 | Andrew Murch | As we crack open the book of 1 Samuel, none other than the namesake of the book will appear in these first chapters. However, much like the iconic stories of the Scriptures, we begin with a barren woman. Here we see that in seasons of barrenness and in seasons of plenty, the Lord’s plan is never thwarted and he is…

John 4:27-42 | Mike Clarensau | Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well is well known. Less well-known is the scene that follows between Jesus and his disciples. The Samaritan woman's actions are contrasted with the disciples' confusion. Here, we see that we must see what Jesus sees if we will do what He would have us do.…

Philippians 1:6 | Todd Miles | "And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." In a verse so seemingly straightforward, there is a message of great hope and promise. Here, we see that God intends to fulfill his work in his people.โดย Todd Miles