022 Joseph: God With Us

Loss is part of life. Sometimes the loss is natural and even predictable. But there are other losses that are totally unexpected and utterly devastating.

Dave DeSelmMay 9, 2021Joseph, coat of many colors, betrayal, favored son, favoritee, slavery, Egypt, pits, life in the pits, the pit, sovereignty of God, prison, God with us

021 Joseph: You'll Get Through This

He was just 17 years old when his jealous brothers sold him into slavery and for the next 13 years, Joseph went from one pit to another.

Dave DeSelmMay 2, 2021Joseph, coat of many colors, betrayal, favored son, favoritee, slavery, Egypt, pits, life in the pits, the pit, sovereignty of God

020 Afterlife: What Will Heaven Be Like?

The Bible tells us that what awaits the believer in Jesus is so amazing, it’s beyond comprehension. But it also gives us glimpses of what heaven will be like.

Dave DeSelmApril 25, 2021hope, heaven, hell, afterlife, eternal life, life and death, paradise

019 Afterlife: Is Hell for Real?

We begin at the end. You’re dead. Now what? There are several popular beliefs about what happens when you die, but what does the Bible say?

Dave DeSelmApril 18, 2021hope, heaven, hell, afterlife, eternal life, eternal death, death, life and death, Luke 16:19-26, suffering

018 Afterlife: You're Dead. Now What?

We begin at the end. You’re dead. Now what? There are several popular beliefs about what happens when you die, but what does the Bible say?

Dave DeSelmApril 11, 2021hope, heaven, hell, afterlife, eternal life, eternal death, paradise, Hades, Sheol, lake of fire, death, life and death, reincarnation, universalism, annihilationism, purgatory, soul slep, soul sleep, Luke 16:19-26

017 Easter: The King Has One More Move

This is a story of resurrection. But not the story you were expecting. It’s actually a prelude to that story. It’s the story of Jesus and His good friend, Lazarus.

Dave DeSelmApril 4, 2021grace, hope, salvation, forgiven, forgiveness, cross, crucifixion, Easter, Lazarus, resurrection, checkmate, the king has one more move

016 Good Friday: The Fog of War

In the fog and darkness of that Friday afternoon, it looked like all was lost. But nothing could be further from the truth.

Dave DeSelmApril 1, 2021grace, hope, salvation, forgiven, forgiveness, Good Friday, cross, crucifixion, tetelestai, It is finished, it is finished, paid in full, fog of war, Napoleon, Waterloo, Wellington

015 Encounters with Jesus: The Woman Who Crashed the Party

Two people encountered Jesus at the same dinner party. One was a woman with a “bad reputation.” The local prostitute. The other was Simon. A Pharisee.

014 Encounters with Jesus: The Man Who Went Out on a Limb

Zacchaeus, the “wee little man” of children’s Sunday School songs, was a small man in a big man’s world. He was despised and hated as a cheat and a traitor. He had learned to be a survivor. But then he met Jesus

Dave DeSelmMarch 21, 2021grace, hope, encounters with Jesus, Zacchaeus, Luke 19, Jesus sees you, salvation, tax collector, outcast, survivor, friend, friend of sinners, transformation, restitution

013 - Resilience: All-Sufficient Grace

When hardships happen in our lives, when difficult circumstances knock us down, the natural response for most of us is to pray that God would take them away. That He would resolve the conflict and remove the pain. But how do you bounce back when God answers that prayer with…NO?

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