The Word for Everyday Disciples with Dave DeSelm is a weekly podcast bringing biblical teaching to everyday people in ways they can understand and put into practice.
If this Christmas, disappointment and hardship have shaken your confidence, muffled your joy, or made it harder to trust that God is still at work, this word is for you. We’ll step into the Christmas story and discover how God speaks into our doubts, our weariness, and even our unanswered questions with a hope that rings clear enough for any heart willing to listen.
There was once a group of people - a church - who dared to live out fully the gospel that had been shared with them. Two thousand years later, we still read of them and can learn from them how we, too, can more fully live out the good news of Jesus.
Read MoreOur world is a messy, broken place filled with messy, broken people. But if the birth of Jesus tells us anything, it tells us that God is not afraid of a mess.
Read MoreIn the last episode, we talked about Caesar Augustus, ruler of the vast Roman Empire at the time of Jesus’ birth. One of the ways he made governing this massive area more manageable was to establish local kings to rule on his behalf.
Read MoreWe will be looking at a very familiar portion of Scripture today, but I’d like to put a twist on it by starting with a verse that, as a recovering control freak, I’ve had to lean into again and again.
Read MoreWhen the Lord brought His people out of slavery in Egypt, He promised to bring them up to Canaan – the “Promised Land.” But before they were ready to step into their inheritance, they had to spend time in the Land Between…
Read MoreWhen you’re in the Land Between, the natural question we ask is, “How long? How long will I be in this hard place?”
Read MoreSooner or later, all of us will find ourselves in the Land Between – a place of undesired and difficult transitions.
Read MoreWe all know what it’s like to screw up. To go somewhere we shouldn’t have gone and done something we shouldn’t have done.
Read MoreIf asked to name the attributes of God’s character, most likely you’d say love, power, or wisdom. But the attribute mentioned more than any other in the Bible is His righteousness or justice.
Read MoreOur God is all-powerful. King David tried to describe His power in Psalm 29. He likened God’s power to a ferocious thunderstorm that splintered trees and shook the earth. Yet as incredible and fearsome as that storm was, God’s power is even greater
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