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  • Beyond the Sermon on the Mount
    Thursday, January 12th, 2023     Lori Roeleveld     6 Comments

    Great leaders make great speeches. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address . Winston Churchill’s We Shall Never Surrender . Queen Elizabeth’s (then princess) 21st Birthday Speech . Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream . Great speeches inspire. Inform. Incite. We remember them. Study them. Quote them. But what lends the greatness to these speeches are the people behind them. Eloquence alone fades. We remember these speeches because …[ read more ]

  • You Don’t Need Me. I’m Not the Good Tidings of Great Joy
    Wednesday, December 21st, 2022     Lori Roeleveld     23 Comments

    It’s here! Christmas has arrived, once again, to deliver that crucial, easily forgotten message to every Christian everywhere: It’s not about you. Once, maybe twice a year, the Body of Christ stops striving long enough to remember Jesus. To be fair, many congregations press pause for a few moments weekly or monthly to do that …[ read more ]

  • Can We Find Salvation in a Yearly Planner?
    Friday, December 16th, 2022     Lori Roeleveld     3 Comments

    Can we find salvation from a yearly planner? Of course, my answer is no but you wouldn’t think that if you saw the effort that I put in each November choosing a new one and setting it up. How about a daily devotional? Is there a particularly blessed 365-day devotional reader that will transform my …[ read more ]

  • A Different Christmas
    Friday, December 9th, 2022     Lori Roeleveld     3 Comments

    A different Christmas. We’re different, those of us who follow Jesus. For a time, we might have forgotten that, but there’s no forgetting now. Embrace the truth without complaint. Discover the treasure hidden in being a different people, set apart, and called to a holy, unusual Way. We celebrate a different Christmas than what others …[ read more ]

  • Dare to Hope, Even into the New Year. What’s the Secret to Keeping Hope Alive?
    Monday, November 28th, 2022     Lori Roeleveld     3 Comments

    Hope can be agonizing. Proverbs 13:12 says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” We live in a heart sick culture. The messages that barrage us can be discouraging to anyone holding onto hope. It’s particularly prevalent this time of year when people consider New Year’s resolutions. …[ read more ]