October 2022
Glorious Heavenly Places
Jew, Gentile, slave, free, different political parties, etc. are all temporal, worldly differences. What matters is that we live in harmony as God’s temple people who have one foot already in Heaven even as we live in this world. And if Paul suffers for preaching that, or we suffer for living that, it’s all glory! […]
January 2022
The Road to Greatness
Moses shows us that the road to greatness begins by realizing we aren’t adequate in ourselves to achieve great things. But that doesn’t matter because God, the I AM, is more than able to do great things through us if we follow His lead.
September 2021
Missions Report
Continuing our month focused on missions, David Dirrim brings a report on some of Southwest’s mission efforts around the world.
July 2021
Good Grief
“Good Grief” Is that possible? Can grief ever be good? Consider some good things that scripture tells us we can learn through the agony of grief: Refocusing our hope – Becoming a more useful person – Understanding the heart of God.
November 2020
God Is Good
God IS good and therefore we can ultimately trust him. However, humanity has always faced the challenged of believing God’s way is the best and not trying to make life work on our terms. That is true in the story of Genesis and remains our challenge today.
September 2020
We Will. We Won’t. He does.
There is a pattern seen in the early days of Israel’s journey to the promised land that too often is ours as well. We say we will follow God but then we fail time and time again. More rules can’t fix it. Only the grace brought to us through Christ can give us hope.
August 2020
January 2020
Missions Report – Haiti
David Dirrim gives an update on our missions program with specific emphasis on the work with children and widows in Haiti.
December 2019
Happy Holydays
When we speak of “Holidays” at the root of that word is the idea that certain days are “HOLY.” In particular, Thanksgiving, Christmas and even New Years are “holy” because of their association with God our creator and provider, and Jesus our savior. What is intriguing is that we too are made holy because of […]
October 2019
But We See Jesus
We are constantly challenged to understand what is real and true. Scripture reminds us that, regardless of how things may appear on the surface, God and Jesus are always present and directing the affairs of all creation. That may not always appear to be the case, but it is the reality in which we can […]