Posts from April 2025

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Sweet Promises, Bitter Truths: When Faith Demands Action

by adskwusr

Revelation 10:1-11 “Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, ‘Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.’ So I went to the angel and said to him, ‘Give me the little book.’ And […]

Where Land Meets Sea: Finding Solid Ground in a Shifting World

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Revelation 12:15-16, Revelation 13:1, 11 “So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out […]

Beasts from the Sea: Surviving in a World of Competing Powers

by adskwusr

Daniel 7:1-3, Isaiah 17:12-13 “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.” The afternoon rain pounds against the windows of Grandmother Linh’s small home in Hue (a historic city […]

When Everything Crumbles, What Remains?

by adskwusr

Daniel 2:31-35 “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron […]

Ghana, Romania, Philippines, Chile & New Zealand || The Nations: Part 1

by adskwusr

Daniel 7:14, Revelation 18:1-4 This week we explored how nations rise and fall throughout history—and discovered God’s ultimate plan to establish His everlasting kingdom above all earthly powers. Sunday – “Tower Builders: When Human Ambition Challenges God” (Ghana) In the historic coastal fortress of Elmina, Ghana, tour guide Samuel Mensah showed students how human kingdoms […]

When Being Different Makes You a Beacon

by adskwusr

Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 49:6, Revelation 18:1-4 “I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles, to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness from […]

Upside-Down Leadership: When the Greatest Serves

by adskwusr

Matthew 20:25-28, Mark 10:42-45 “But Jesus called them to Himself and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.’” — […]

The King We Demanded vs. The King We Need

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1 Samuel 8:4-18, Deuteronomy 17:14-20 “But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, ‘Give us a king to judge us.’ So Samuel prayed to the LORD. And the LORD said to Samuel, ‘Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected […]

The Courage to Be Set Apart

by adskwusr

Genesis 12:1-9, Deuteronomy 4:5-9 “I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” — Genesis […]

When We Build Towers Instead of Trust

by adskwusr

Genesis 10:1-12, Genesis 11:1-9 “The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And the LORD said, ‘Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld […]