Why do we get so caught up in numbers—especially in ministry? In 1 Chronicles 21, King David orders a census that seems innocent enough, but God sees it differently. The fallout is massive, yet from the wreckage comes the foundation for something holy: the future site of the Temple. In this episode, we unpack what David’s story teaches us about trust, pride, and the hidden dangers of measuring success the wrong way.
Have you ever wrestled with God? How do you know you were wrestling with God? Do you have questions for us? Send an email to askgoingdeeper@gmail.com.
There’s a fine line between a blessing and a curse. How do we know the difference, and what do we do about it?
What does it look like to have faith even when it doesn’t make sense? A look at a familiar story from the Old Testament might be able to offer a few suggestions for us.
What does real surrender look like? How does Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his only son impact us today? What are you willing to surrender to God?
How do Altars and sacrifices apply to our lives today? What are we being called to surrender this Lenten season?
The quickest time machine to retrieve the past is the imagination. A fictitious radio station, WJER-Jerusalem, provides the vehicle to recapture and view some great Biblical events. Television, newspaper, video tape and audio tape, all being unavailable 2,000 years ago, causes us to use the medium of radio to “record” and re-create some great moments surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ. The accounts are biblically oriented with dramatization provided. Other than a radio station’s report of events being the obvious embellishment, no historical biblical facts are altered. For verification, some scriptural references are provided. Complete biblical citations are not included, as many themes are familiar. Although many scholars…
On this special episode, members of the Trinity Church staff get together to discuss the last week of readings from the book “Easter Earthquake” by James Harnish.
In this episode, we’re talking about the heavy topic of our own mortality, and how even though it seemed as though Jesus had failed, God got the last laugh. The paradox here is that in Jesus’ death, all of creation has new life available, through the power of the resurrection.
For many of us, scars are often seen as a negative thing. Something that reminds us of past injury or trauma. But God will often use our scars to display His power to those in our lives, and to reveal his glory to others because of, not in spite of, our past.
