Short and Sweet Bible studies

Don’t Go to Church …?

Church plants. The underground church. Online church. Live streaming. Virtual church. Church in the 21st century is very different from the church of the 1st century. What exactly is the church? People or steeple? Covenant or concrete? Mission or mortar? What does it mean to be a part of a church? What is the church […]

Short & Sweet: 4 Steps to a More Peaceful Life

“Sold to Mrs. Kane for $150 dollars.” It was Work Day at our school, a tradition in which the seniors raise money for their class trip by auctioning themselves off to the highest bidder. For one day the seniors become workers, at the beckon call of their bosses. In this case, I purchased my own […]

Short & Sweet: Go and Show

12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as […]

Short & Sweet: Filled

He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things. Ephesians 4:10 Empty. I had looked forward to it all day. My favorite treat—organic dark-chocolate peanut butter cups. Rich and creamy, I love the way they melt on my tongue. Salty and chocolate in one […]

Short & Sweet: Bread Enough and Some to Spare

“But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. 15 Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that […]

Short & Sweet: Wait a Minute

Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD! Psalm 27:14 I must admit it. I never thought it would happen to me, but it has. I have become one of those impatient people who, in a moment of delay, pulls out her phone […]