<![CDATA[Be Still and Know]]>d3b3feb5-4ea7-5feb-89cc-7c66abfaf302Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:18 +0000Captivate.fmJ. P. Stonerhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/29ad1444-2213-45d3-ad49-261a2fdb4b6d/46222544-1782170543803-48dd495709795.jpgBe Still and KnowJ. P. StonerJ. P. Stoner“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10 Scripture, taught slowly and without rush. Be Still offers full expository sermons that walk carefully through the text, plus shorter midweek episodes to steady your week. Named for the verse my grandmother held close all her life — and offered now as a place to stop, listen, and remember who God is. In a loud and hurried world, come and be still.https://be-still-and-know.captivate.fmfalseepisodichttps://feeds.captivate.fm/be-still-and-know/nopodcastJohn 10:1-18 & 2 Timothy 3:14-17 - AIT - "The Shepherd Still Speaks"John 10:1-18 & 2 Timothy 3:14-17 - AIT - "The Shepherd Still Speaks""Is God still speaking to me?" You learn His voice the way you'd know a loved one's voice on a saved voicemail: by spending years near it, not by chasing signs. Come back to His word, test what you hear against Christ, and hear this, unlike a recording, His voice is living and speaks to you now. With the original song "First Voice I Follow."

]]>"Is God still speaking to me?" You learn His voice the way you'd know a loved one's voice on a saved voicemail: by spending years near it, not by chasing signs. Come back to His word, test what you hear against Christ, and hear this, unlike a recording, His voice is living and speaks to you now. With the original song "First Voice I Follow."

]]>2cbe0154-ef88-4b7b-9766-d63be41fb872Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050015:15falsefull3535Isaiah 30:20-21 - AIT - "A Voice Behind You"Isaiah 30:20-21 - AIT - "A Voice Behind You"A terrified passenger, a pilot slumped over, and a voice on the radio he can't see: listen, do what I say, and I'll bring you through. That's Isaiah 30. Not the whole map, not cloudless skies, just a word behind you saying "this is the way, walk in it," one turn at a time. With the original song "One Turn at a Time."

]]>A terrified passenger, a pilot slumped over, and a voice on the radio he can't see: listen, do what I say, and I'll bring you through. That's Isaiah 30. Not the whole map, not cloudless skies, just a word behind you saying "this is the way, walk in it," one turn at a time. With the original song "One Turn at a Time."

]]>f48b7645-6dc4-4a85-be4c-ccc7f549d255Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050014:52falsefull3434Matthew 7:1 - AIT - "Keep Me Off the Throne"Matthew 7:1 - AIT - "Keep Me Off the Throne""Do not judge" isn't a ban on moral clarity, and it isn't permission for harshness you call discernment. It's Jesus healing how one sinner looks at another. Take the log out first, then help with the speck, and let received mercy make you merciful. With the original song "Keep Me Off the Throne."

Matthew 7:1

]]>"Do not judge" isn't a ban on moral clarity, and it isn't permission for harshness you call discernment. It's Jesus healing how one sinner looks at another. Take the log out first, then help with the speck, and let received mercy make you merciful. With the original song "Keep Me Off the Throne."

Matthew 7:1

]]>345c9397-bb0e-4369-8463-2d11dec3247fWed, 29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050014:54falsefull3333Philippians 4:6-7 - AIT - "Guarded by God’s Peace"Philippians 4:6-7 - AIT - "Guarded by God’s Peace"You wake up already behind, your mind rehearsing every danger. Paul wrote about anxiety from a prison cell, and he isn't shaming you. He's giving you somewhere to take it: everything, in prayer, with thanks, and a peace that stands guard like a sentry, even when the storm doesn't stop. With the original song "Peace on Watch."

]]>You wake up already behind, your mind rehearsing every danger. Paul wrote about anxiety from a prison cell, and he isn't shaming you. He's giving you somewhere to take it: everything, in prayer, with thanks, and a peace that stands guard like a sentry, even when the storm doesn't stop. With the original song "Peace on Watch."

]]>f0d197d3-01cf-4fee-88df-f566b50f4803Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050018:13falsefull3232Luke 10:25–37- AIT - "Mercy Crosses the Road"Luke 10:25–37- AIT - "Mercy Crosses the Road""Who is my neighbor?" wasn't a humble question. It was a man asking where love could stop. An honest look at the Good Samaritan for anyone who's tired and quietly managing how much they have to care, with the edge of the story left intact. With the original song "Teach Me to Be the Neighbor."

]]>"Who is my neighbor?" wasn't a humble question. It was a man asking where love could stop. An honest look at the Good Samaritan for anyone who's tired and quietly managing how much they have to care, with the edge of the story left intact. With the original song "Teach Me to Be the Neighbor."

]]>8ed26566-f1bb-438d-b3cd-04e70741e857Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050016:48falsefull3131Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 - AIT - "When Time Is Not Yours"Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 - AIT - "When Time Is Not Yours"You can run a calendar and still not know what season your soul is in. Ecclesiastes 3 isn't "everything happens for a reason," and it isn't a shrug. It's an honest word about receiving the season you didn't choose, and taking the next faithful step inside it. With the original song "Faithful in This Season."

]]>You can run a calendar and still not know what season your soul is in. Ecclesiastes 3 isn't "everything happens for a reason," and it isn't a shrug. It's an honest word about receiving the season you didn't choose, and taking the next faithful step inside it. With the original song "Faithful in This Season."

]]>cedbf708-4167-43a9-9fae-53b5968acf70Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050016:11falsefull3030James 1:2–4 - AIT - "Joy That Outlasts the Trial"James 1:2–4 - AIT - "Joy That Outlasts the Trial""Count it all joy" isn't a command to fake happiness or bury your grief. James is asking you to consider your trials through God's purpose, trusting He's making you whole inside the pain, not pretending it doesn't hurt. An honest word for anyone worn thin. With the original song "Made Whole in the Waiting."

]]>"Count it all joy" isn't a command to fake happiness or bury your grief. James is asking you to consider your trials through God's purpose, trusting He's making you whole inside the pain, not pretending it doesn't hurt. An honest word for anyone worn thin. With the original song "Made Whole in the Waiting."

]]>542859a1-7457-4525-a3ff-19b6957df0eeWed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050014:30falsefull2929Mercy Before MorningMercy Before MorningFor the morning that feels like yesterday reloaded. Lamentations 3:22–23 isn't fake cheer, it's a sunrise in the rubble: God's mercy is new every morning, and you only need enough for today. A gentle word for tired, grieving, weary hearts. With the original song "Mercy Before Morning."

]]>For the morning that feels like yesterday reloaded. Lamentations 3:22–23 isn't fake cheer, it's a sunrise in the rubble: God's mercy is new every morning, and you only need enough for today. A gentle word for tired, grieving, weary hearts. With the original song "Mercy Before Morning."

]]>0fecb42c-3d00-4643-a113-30b9d8e9ed59Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050016:39falsefull2828When Praise and Cursing CollideWhen Praise and Cursing CollideYou can praise God at breakfast and curse someone by lunch. This one isn't about pretending you're not angry. It's the holy path between stuffing it down and lashing out: bring your hurt to God, bless the one who wronged you, and leave the judging to Him. With the original song "Mercy on My Lips."

]]>You can praise God at breakfast and curse someone by lunch. This one isn't about pretending you're not angry. It's the holy path between stuffing it down and lashing out: bring your hurt to God, bless the one who wronged you, and leave the judging to Him. With the original song "Mercy on My Lips."

]]>048c04d6-ca31-4d57-99e5-10d23ccbd369Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050017:47falsefull2727What the Light Will RevealWhat the Light Will Reveal"Nothing hidden will stay hidden" — but this verse isn't the threat we make it. In its lamp-and-hearing setting, Jesus' light exposes not to humiliate but to heal. An honest, freeing devotional for anyone with a corner they'd rather keep dark. With the original song "Walk in the Light."

]]>"Nothing hidden will stay hidden" — but this verse isn't the threat we make it. In its lamp-and-hearing setting, Jesus' light exposes not to humiliate but to heal. An honest, freeing devotional for anyone with a corner they'd rather keep dark. With the original song "Walk in the Light."

]]>431bbc6d-1643-4658-b176-381e6b19e990Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050014:55falsefull2626John 13:27 - AIT - "When Darkness Takes the Morsel"John 13:27 - AIT - "When Darkness Takes the Morsel"One of Scripture's quietest, darkest moments: Judas takes the morsel and walks into the night. Yet Jesus is never overthrown — not surprised, not scrambling, sovereign over the very hour of betrayal. An honest, hopeful devotional for anyone wounded up close. With the original song "Into the Night, Toward the Cross."

]]>One of Scripture's quietest, darkest moments: Judas takes the morsel and walks into the night. Yet Jesus is never overthrown — not surprised, not scrambling, sovereign over the very hour of betrayal. An honest, hopeful devotional for anyone wounded up close. With the original song "Into the Night, Toward the Cross."

]]>9e1742a1-9a50-43b4-aa98-9d5176f3f418Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050018:39falsefull25251 John 2:1–2 - AIT - "When You Fall, He Stands"1 John 2:1–2 - AIT - "When You Fall, He Stands"When you walk into the day already ashamed, First John hands you an Advocate. A continuation of "What If I Stumble, What If I Fall" — Jesus stands and speaks for us before the Father, and He Himself is the sacrifice for our sins, and for the whole world. With the original song "When I Fall, You Stand."

]]>When you walk into the day already ashamed, First John hands you an Advocate. A continuation of "What If I Stumble, What If I Fall" — Jesus stands and speaks for us before the Father, and He Himself is the sacrifice for our sins, and for the whole world. With the original song "When I Fall, You Stand."

]]>7b6b718b-8803-4575-b5f7-6f370f3c941cWed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050018:09falsefull2424Psalm 73:21-25 - AIT - "Yet You Hold My Hand"Psalm 73:21-25 - AIT - "Yet You Hold My Hand"An honest, unhurried devotional for when faith goes bitter — and the discovery in Psalm 73 that God's hand was holding you stronger than your confusion the whole time. With the original song "Yet You Hold My Hand."

]]>An honest, unhurried devotional for when faith goes bitter — and the discovery in Psalm 73 that God's hand was holding you stronger than your confusion the whole time. With the original song "Yet You Hold My Hand."

]]>680aa638-2c6a-46c8-b713-d23aea894876Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050015:30falsefull2323Jeremiah 29:11 - AIT - "The God Who Knows the Plan"Jeremiah 29:11 - AIT - "The God Who Knows the Plan"Jeremiah 29:11 is one of the most loved verses in the Bible, and one of the easiest to flatten. We hear it as a promise that the hard thing is nearly over. But God said it to people who had just been told their exile would last seventy years. In this episode, Pastor Jeff sits with the verse in its own setting — a letter to displaced people, told to build houses, plant gardens, and seek the welfare of the city that took everything from them. The comfort you took from this verse was not misplaced. It was just smaller than what God was actually saying. A quiet, unhurried devotional for anyone living in a delay that has gone on longer than anyone promised. Passage: Jeremiah 29:11

]]>Jeremiah 29:11 is one of the most loved verses in the Bible, and one of the easiest to flatten. We hear it as a promise that the hard thing is nearly over. But God said it to people who had just been told their exile would last seventy years. In this episode, Pastor Jeff sits with the verse in its own setting — a letter to displaced people, told to build houses, plant gardens, and seek the welfare of the city that took everything from them. The comfort you took from this verse was not misplaced. It was just smaller than what God was actually saying. A quiet, unhurried devotional for anyone living in a delay that has gone on longer than anyone promised. Passage: Jeremiah 29:11

]]>ae6a72c2-538b-41fb-bd98-84a87f993099Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050016:34falsefull2222Let Go and Let GodLet Go and Let God"Let go and let God" — most of us hand Him the wheel and keep one hand hovering beside it. We pray, then manipulate. We surrender, then rehearse every worst-case scenario. Hosea reaches back to the man born grabbing his brother's heel — a lifelong grasper who only ever prevailed when he stopped seizing and started weeping. And James won't let letting-go become doing-nothing. Surrender isn't collapse. It's alignment. Open your hands, then go do the next good thing you already know to do.

Passages: Hosea 12; James 4

]]>"Let go and let God" — most of us hand Him the wheel and keep one hand hovering beside it. We pray, then manipulate. We surrender, then rehearse every worst-case scenario. Hosea reaches back to the man born grabbing his brother's heel — a lifelong grasper who only ever prevailed when he stopped seizing and started weeping. And James won't let letting-go become doing-nothing. Surrender isn't collapse. It's alignment. Open your hands, then go do the next good thing you already know to do.

Passages: Hosea 12; James 4

]]>76b13138-9241-472a-b868-0c0ecc67a759Fri, 10 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050018:52falsefull2121Teach Us To PrayTeach Us To PrayThere's a gap between knowing you should pray and actually doing it — and what keeps most of us in that gap is the quiet fear we'd do it wrong. Wrong words. Not enough faith. The disciples felt it too, which is why they asked: "Lord, teach us to pray." Three scenes answer them. Jesus clears away the performance. Hannah shows up bitter of soul, mistaken for drunk, and pours it out anyway. And a man bangs on a door at midnight, shamelessly. Your Father knows what you need before you ask. Bring the ache. Keep knocking. What He ultimately gives is Himself.

Passages: Matthew 6:5–13; 1 Samuel 1:9–18; Luke 11:1–13

]]>There's a gap between knowing you should pray and actually doing it — and what keeps most of us in that gap is the quiet fear we'd do it wrong. Wrong words. Not enough faith. The disciples felt it too, which is why they asked: "Lord, teach us to pray." Three scenes answer them. Jesus clears away the performance. Hannah shows up bitter of soul, mistaken for drunk, and pours it out anyway. And a man bangs on a door at midnight, shamelessly. Your Father knows what you need before you ask. Bring the ache. Keep knocking. What He ultimately gives is Himself.

Passages: Matthew 6:5–13; 1 Samuel 1:9–18; Luke 11:1–13

]]>f9ec469e-fe89-410a-9645-fdeeb3bdfc23Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050017:07falsefull2020Matthew 18:20 - AIT - "The King In The Room"Matthew 18:20 - AIT - "The King In The Room"You've heard it at every sparse small group and half-empty prayer meeting: "Where two or three are gathered, He's here too" — a consolation prize for low attendance. But that's a fraction of what Jesus meant. Read where it actually lives — in the middle of a passage on confronting sin and corporate prayer — and it becomes one of His most audacious claims: the smallest gathering turned toward Him is a court heaven recognizes, and He is already, presently in the room. Not because the crowd is many. Because the King is with us.

Passage: Matthew 18:20

]]>You've heard it at every sparse small group and half-empty prayer meeting: "Where two or three are gathered, He's here too" — a consolation prize for low attendance. But that's a fraction of what Jesus meant. Read where it actually lives — in the middle of a passage on confronting sin and corporate prayer — and it becomes one of His most audacious claims: the smallest gathering turned toward Him is a court heaven recognizes, and He is already, presently in the room. Not because the crowd is many. Because the King is with us.

Passage: Matthew 18:20

]]>c6a96740-2b32-4c2a-8691-0ef670ae5a93Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050014:18falsefull1919What if I Stumble, What if I FallWhat if I Stumble, What if I Fall"What if I stumble? What if I fall?" Maybe you're asking a quieter version of that — what if this pattern never changes, what if I've fallen too many times to be taken seriously, by God or myself? Those questions aren't weak faith; they're paying attention. Through a worship leader who nearly lost his faith to envy, a righteous man who fell seven times and still got up, and a nation of exiles sure God forgot them, here's the answer: the wicked stay down — the righteous rise. Not because you're strong, but because His hands have held you all along.

Passages: Psalm 73; Proverbs 24:16; Isaiah 40:27–31

]]>"What if I stumble? What if I fall?" Maybe you're asking a quieter version of that — what if this pattern never changes, what if I've fallen too many times to be taken seriously, by God or myself? Those questions aren't weak faith; they're paying attention. Through a worship leader who nearly lost his faith to envy, a righteous man who fell seven times and still got up, and a nation of exiles sure God forgot them, here's the answer: the wicked stay down — the righteous rise. Not because you're strong, but because His hands have held you all along.

Passages: Psalm 73; Proverbs 24:16; Isaiah 40:27–31

]]>651e85e7-5361-4beb-9d6e-df4a1aa66675Sun, 05 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050024:19falsefull1818Matthew 11:28-30 - AIT - "Come To Me"Matthew 11:28-30 - AIT - "Come To Me"Yesterday we met the God of Isaiah 40 who never grows weary. Today that same God stands in a crowd — in a body — and says four words: "Come to Me." And He says them in the very shadow of being rejected, arms open to the used-up and overloaded anyway. Jesus doesn't offer a life with no yoke; He offers to get under the beam with you, gentle and humble in heart, setting the pace Himself. Because shared weight is different weight. You don't have to get lighter first. You just have to come. Part two of two.

Passage: Matthew 11:28–30

]]>Yesterday we met the God of Isaiah 40 who never grows weary. Today that same God stands in a crowd — in a body — and says four words: "Come to Me." And He says them in the very shadow of being rejected, arms open to the used-up and overloaded anyway. Jesus doesn't offer a life with no yoke; He offers to get under the beam with you, gentle and humble in heart, setting the pace Himself. Because shared weight is different weight. You don't have to get lighter first. You just have to come. Part two of two.

Passage: Matthew 11:28–30

]]>8788a7e3-5bac-41a3-9f14-859a14e92c48Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050016:37falsefull1616Isaiah 40:28-31 - AIT - "The God Who Doesn't Grow Weary"Isaiah 40:28-31 - AIT - "The God Who Doesn't Grow Weary"You woke up tired — not the kind sleep fixes, but the bone-deep kind. Isaiah wrote to people who felt exactly that: exiles, wrung out, sure God had forgotten their address. And into that exhaustion he asks two questions — "Do you not know? Have you not heard?" What follows isn't a pep talk. It's a portrait of the God who never runs dry, who turns toward the weak, and who blesses the ordinary walk as much as the soar. Waiting on Him isn't passive — it's braiding your life into a strength that doesn't run out. Part one of two.

Passage: Isaiah 40:28–31

]]>You woke up tired — not the kind sleep fixes, but the bone-deep kind. Isaiah wrote to people who felt exactly that: exiles, wrung out, sure God had forgotten their address. And into that exhaustion he asks two questions — "Do you not know? Have you not heard?" What follows isn't a pep talk. It's a portrait of the God who never runs dry, who turns toward the weak, and who blesses the ordinary walk as much as the soar. Waiting on Him isn't passive — it's braiding your life into a strength that doesn't run out. Part one of two.

Passage: Isaiah 40:28–31

]]>dce9e319-8df2-443f-a00e-ff82e34ab11cThu, 02 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -050017:43falsefull1515Cease StrivingCease Striving"God helps those who help themselves" — most people think that's in the Bible. It isn't. It's Benjamin Franklin. And Scripture says something far better — and far harder. Through a king who trained an army then fell to his knees, a man who walked away from a fortune he'd already paid, and a war psalm that commands "be still" in the middle of the chaos, here's the real picture: you were never the load-bearing wall. Bring your best — but trust His hands.

Passages: 2 Chronicles 14; 2 Chronicles 25:7–9; Psalm 46

]]>"God helps those who help themselves" — most people think that's in the Bible. It isn't. It's Benjamin Franklin. And Scripture says something far better — and far harder. Through a king who trained an army then fell to his knees, a man who walked away from a fortune he'd already paid, and a war psalm that commands "be still" in the middle of the chaos, here's the real picture: you were never the load-bearing wall. Bring your best — but trust His hands.

Passages: 2 Chronicles 14; 2 Chronicles 25:7–9; Psalm 46

]]>699d5c9a-7d21-4f68-b6e7-4243c97873d1Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -050020:44falsefull1414Philippians 4:13 - AIT - "Secret of Strength"Philippians 4:13 - AIT - "Secret of Strength""I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." It's on water bottles, locker-room walls, and Instagram before the big moment. But that's not quite what Paul meant — and the real meaning is better news. Read in context, it's not a promise you can achieve anything; it's the secret of contentment in any circumstance, written from a prison cell. Not a verse for your best day — a verse for your worst one. A look at the most misread promise in the Bible.

Passage: Philippians 4:10–13

]]>"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." It's on water bottles, locker-room walls, and Instagram before the big moment. But that's not quite what Paul meant — and the real meaning is better news. Read in context, it's not a promise you can achieve anything; it's the secret of contentment in any circumstance, written from a prison cell. Not a verse for your best day — a verse for your worst one. A look at the most misread promise in the Bible.

Passage: Philippians 4:10–13

]]>57a635ce-adbc-4311-b713-45df41cb84d9Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:30:00 -050017:05falsefull1313Hold On (Because He's Holding You)Hold On (Because He's Holding You)There's a kind of tired sleep can't fix — when the hard thing keeps going and you wonder if anyone's listening. No easy answers here, but honest company: a God who's a fortress, who can handle your raw honesty, and a crowd who held the same promise in the same dark. You're not holding on alone. (Psalm 46; Habakkuk 2; Hebrews 11)

]]>There's a kind of tired sleep can't fix — when the hard thing keeps going and you wonder if anyone's listening. No easy answers here, but honest company: a God who's a fortress, who can handle your raw honesty, and a crowd who held the same promise in the same dark. You're not holding on alone. (Psalm 46; Habakkuk 2; Hebrews 11)

]]>d73277ef-c692-4a9e-9f3f-a2091e584297Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -050019:54falsefull12122 Kings 5:1-3 - AIT - "If Only"2 Kings 5:1-3 - AIT - "If Only"Naaman had everything — war hero, respected by kings — except the one thing his power couldn't fix. And the key to his healing was a nameless captive servant girl who had every reason to stay silent and spoke hope instead. God moves through the overlooked. (2 Kings 5:1–3)

]]>Naaman had everything — war hero, respected by kings — except the one thing his power couldn't fix. And the key to his healing was a nameless captive servant girl who had every reason to stay silent and spoke hope instead. God moves through the overlooked. (2 Kings 5:1–3)

]]>7d933f0e-d28d-4e0c-8265-f3fb131e64bfSun, 28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -050018:23falsefull1111Acts 23:12-22 - AIT - "One More Door"Acts 23:12-22 - AIT - "One More Door"Forty men swear a death oath not to eat until Paul is dead — and God keeps His promise to save him not with thunder or an angel, but through a teenager whose name we never learn. God moves through ordinary faithfulness. The only question is whether you'll take the next step. (Acts 23:12–22)

]]>Forty men swear a death oath not to eat until Paul is dead — and God keeps His promise to save him not with thunder or an angel, but through a teenager whose name we never learn. God moves through ordinary faithfulness. The only question is whether you'll take the next step. (Acts 23:12–22)

]]>ce5c0aea-b5f3-42e8-acfc-2ca50dbe77c7Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -050017:31falsefull1010Three In One - The Holy TrinityThree In One - The Holy Trinity"God is like water — ice, liquid, steam." "God is like a man who's a father, husband, and son." Both of those popular explanations are actually ancient heresies — and every human analogy for the Trinity eventually breaks. So why do Christians keep insisting on it? Because when you watch God rescue the world at Pentecost, and read the final words of the hardest letter Paul ever wrote, both land on the same three names. The Trinity isn't a puzzle to solve — it's a community you're invited into.

Passages: Acts 2; 2 Corinthians 13:14

]]>"God is like water — ice, liquid, steam." "God is like a man who's a father, husband, and son." Both of those popular explanations are actually ancient heresies — and every human analogy for the Trinity eventually breaks. So why do Christians keep insisting on it? Because when you watch God rescue the world at Pentecost, and read the final words of the hardest letter Paul ever wrote, both land on the same three names. The Trinity isn't a puzzle to solve — it's a community you're invited into.

Passages: Acts 2; 2 Corinthians 13:14

]]>4e5717a1-db7e-420f-92b5-dd4af26ea1ebFri, 26 Jun 2026 17:00:00 -050020:37falsefull99Draw the ArcDraw the ArcYou've seen it a thousand times — on a car, a necklace, a keychain. The little Christian fish. But in 150 A.D., when Christianity was illegal, that symbol was a secret password drawn in the dust, and getting it wrong could cost you your life. It was never decoration. It's a five-letter Greek word hiding the whole gospel: Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior. A look at the creed people died to protect — and why it still asks something of us.

Passage: Matthew 16:16; John 20:28; Acts 4:12

]]>You've seen it a thousand times — on a car, a necklace, a keychain. The little Christian fish. But in 150 A.D., when Christianity was illegal, that symbol was a secret password drawn in the dust, and getting it wrong could cost you your life. It was never decoration. It's a five-letter Greek word hiding the whole gospel: Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior. A look at the creed people died to protect — and why it still asks something of us.

Passage: Matthew 16:16; John 20:28; Acts 4:12

]]>d005a486-0b6a-47e5-beef-754f8692be4fThu, 25 Jun 2026 19:02:00 -050019:25falsefull88Matthew 22:21 -s AIT - "Caesar, Caesar"Matthew 22:21 -s AIT - "Caesar, Caesar""Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's." You've heard it in movies, in arguments, used as a shrug to keep faith and real life in separate boxes — but did you know those are the words of Jesus? Set inside a vicious trap meant to destroy Him, His answer refuses a false choice we still feel today: that loyalty to God and life in the world are rivals. A look at the two domains, the one Lord over both, and the question hiding underneath it all — whose image do you carry?

Passage: Matthew 22:21

]]>"Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's." You've heard it in movies, in arguments, used as a shrug to keep faith and real life in separate boxes — but did you know those are the words of Jesus? Set inside a vicious trap meant to destroy Him, His answer refuses a false choice we still feel today: that loyalty to God and life in the world are rivals. A look at the two domains, the one Lord over both, and the question hiding underneath it all — whose image do you carry?

Passage: Matthew 22:21

]]>26e88cd6-e619-4b82-9e61-6b4885361173Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:40:00 -050019:24falsefull77Micah 6:8 - AIT - "He Has Shown Us"Micah 6:8 - AIT - "He Has Shown Us"You've seen this verse on a coffee mug — but its original setting is a courtroom, with God putting a question to His own people that cuts to the bone. When they try to bargain their way back to Him with bigger and bigger offerings, His answer isn't a price. It's a life. A look at what God actually wants from us: not more religious performance, but justice, mercy, and a humble daily walk with Him. He has already shown you what is good.

Passage: Micah 6:8

]]>You've seen this verse on a coffee mug — but its original setting is a courtroom, with God putting a question to His own people that cuts to the bone. When they try to bargain their way back to Him with bigger and bigger offerings, His answer isn't a price. It's a life. A look at what God actually wants from us: not more religious performance, but justice, mercy, and a humble daily walk with Him. He has already shown you what is good.

Passage: Micah 6:8

]]>991e56f5-095f-4964-93c9-4a969f546718Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:09:00 -050015:13falsefull66The Day Grace Found MeThe Day Grace Found MeA message about the life-changing gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. Discover how God's grace meets us in our brokenness, forgives our sins, and offers new life through faith. No one is beyond His reach, and no one can earn what He freely gives. This is the story of redemption, hope, and the greatest exchange ever made.

]]>A message about the life-changing gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. Discover how God's grace meets us in our brokenness, forgives our sins, and offers new life through faith. No one is beyond His reach, and no one can earn what He freely gives. This is the story of redemption, hope, and the greatest exchange ever made.

]]>ab2e0cf9-5383-40e0-9ef8-e4c3c8d15190Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:50:00 -050019:15falsefull55Through Every ValleyThrough Every ValleyThrough Every Valley is a worshipful journey through the timeless promises of Psalm 23. From peaceful green pastures to the darkest valleys, this song reflects God's faithful presence, guiding hand, and unfailing love. With gentle melodies and heartfelt lyrics, it reminds us that we are never alone—our Shepherd walks beside us through every season of life. A song of trust, comfort, and hope for anyone needing reassurance that God's goodness and mercy still follow them today.

]]>Through Every Valley is a worshipful journey through the timeless promises of Psalm 23. From peaceful green pastures to the darkest valleys, this song reflects God's faithful presence, guiding hand, and unfailing love. With gentle melodies and heartfelt lyrics, it reminds us that we are never alone—our Shepherd walks beside us through every season of life. A song of trust, comfort, and hope for anyone needing reassurance that God's goodness and mercy still follow them today.

]]>f24c4aee-52b7-4eaf-8802-79f170b543f9Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:49:00 -050018:39falsefull44A Rescue OperationA Rescue OperationEver dodged something — a closed door, a deal that fell through — only to realize later it spared you? Proverbs called that righteousness, not luck. In two short, sharp verses, we find a quiet but radical claim: a life oriented toward God carries a kind of built-in protection, while the traps the wicked set tend to find their true owner. A look at how trouble finds its way home, and how our words become either a wrecking ball or a rescue line.

Passage: Proverbs 11:8–9

]]>Ever dodged something — a closed door, a deal that fell through — only to realize later it spared you? Proverbs called that righteousness, not luck. In two short, sharp verses, we find a quiet but radical claim: a life oriented toward God carries a kind of built-in protection, while the traps the wicked set tend to find their true owner. A look at how trouble finds its way home, and how our words become either a wrecking ball or a rescue line.

Passage: Proverbs 11:8–9

]]>d0efa866-94b4-438d-add1-46aa05953ae4Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:47:00 -050016:01falsefull33Be Still and KnowBe Still and Know"Be still, and know that I am God" is no coffee-mug platitude. In Psalm 46, it's a command spoken into chaos. A look at both halves of the verse — letting go of what we grip, and the God whose victory is already certain. You can open your hands today, not because life is calm, but because He is God. (Psalm 46:10)

]]>"Be still, and know that I am God" is no coffee-mug platitude. In Psalm 46, it's a command spoken into chaos. A look at both halves of the verse — letting go of what we grip, and the God whose victory is already certain. You can open your hands today, not because life is calm, but because He is God. (Psalm 46:10)

]]>f0203be6-953a-4250-9308-55b100229d5cTue, 23 Jun 2026 00:41:00 -050014:51falsefull22God's Word Has Not FailedGod's Word Has Not FailedWhat do we do with the people we love who are near the gospel but far from grace? Paul begins Romans 9 not with an argument but with anguish — and from that grief moves into some of Scripture's most challenging truths about God's mercy, His freedom, and His unfailing word. This message walks through the whole chapter: real grief as the right starting place, why God's word has not failed, and the stumbling stone that exposes what we're truly standing on. It ends where it begins — with a name, a prayer, and a promise: the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.

Passage: Romans 9:1–33

]]>What do we do with the people we love who are near the gospel but far from grace? Paul begins Romans 9 not with an argument but with anguish — and from that grief moves into some of Scripture's most challenging truths about God's mercy, His freedom, and His unfailing word. This message walks through the whole chapter: real grief as the right starting place, why God's word has not failed, and the stumbling stone that exposes what we're truly standing on. It ends where it begins — with a name, a prayer, and a promise: the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.

Passage: Romans 9:1–33

]]>aa371b63-24eb-45a3-bbbb-9040e1a43d23Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:40:00 -050027:06falsefull11