025 Joseph: Dead or Alive?

Up to this point, it’s felt like the story of Joseph has been nothing but bad news. One painful experience after another. But all those events have been leading up to this moment.

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024 Joseph: Life in the Waiting Room

Wait. In our hurry-up culture, it’s almost a dirty word. Yet waiting is not the exception in life, it’s the rule.

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023 Joseph: Training Time

God had big plans for Joseph, but Joseph wasn’t ready for them yet. He had to go through a time of training first.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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.