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Intimacy Struggle / Hardship Truth

August 3, 2016

What To Do When You Don’t Want To Read The Bible

I thought the Bible was supposed to answer questions, not raise more of them. Jesus was at the home of Peter, where Peter’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. Jesus touched her hand, and the…

Rodney Brandt

Character Love Serving Others

July 13, 2016

Today I Did Something About It

We aren’t being the hands and feet of human kindness that we could be. I have seen the acts of hate. I am shocked at the spectacle of it, grieved by the injustice of it,…

Rodney Brandt

Happiness / Joy Provision

May 7, 2016

Can You Be Happy Without That Car?

All I felt was pressure: pressure to hang onto what I have and pressure to acquire more. We were standing outside a coffee shop. My client, who was struggling to keep her business afloat and…

Rodney Brandt

Forgiveness / Redemption Heaven Hope Love Struggle / Hardship

March 27, 2016

Our Baby Has Died (A Redemption Story)

"Jeff is in heaven. Knowing that we’ll be together some day, that’s what I hold on to." It is late December, 1992. Marvin and Emma Brandt have recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. In their…

Rodney Brandt

Faith Provision

March 9, 2016

5 Critical Things As You Take the Next Step of Faith

Take the leap of faith, and the stepping stones will appear. The Lord is with you. In the film Raiders of the Lost Ark, the hero, Indiana Jones, must complete a series of trials in…

Rodney Brandt

Purpose

February 10, 2016

Why You May Be Missing God’s Big Dream For Your Life

Our lives become a pattern. The pattern becomes a rut. One of the more fun things I remember doing as a kid was riding my bike after a good rain. My brothers and I would…

Rodney Brandt

Faith Hope Struggle / Hardship

January 13, 2016

Is God Still On The Throne?

Each day on earth is closer to our last, but each day in heaven will never be closer to our last. The words just tumbled out of my mouth. It was one of those occasions…

Rodney Brandt

Identity Lordship / Sonship Struggle / Hardship

December 9, 2015

Why Many Christians Have an Identity Crisis and Don’t Even Know It

What the world does not give, it cannot take away. Fill in the blank using 3 words or less: “I am _______________.” (Don’t give it a lot of thought; just write the first thing that…

Rodney Brandt

Love Serving Others Struggle / Hardship

October 7, 2015

This Is What Love Does

Love doesn’t require center stage; it needs only the edge of the bed, where it can sit and hold the hand of a dying man. At the end, his breathing was labored. Only one of his…

Rodney Brandt

Forgiveness / Redemption Heaven Truth

September 9, 2015

Please Show Your Get Out of Hell Card

Can Christians go to hell? I recently read a story about a man, well-respected and a self-professed Christian. He went to church most Sundays, put money in the offering plate, donated to charitable causes, obeyed…

Rodney Brandt

"I have come that they may have life and have it to the full."

What To Do When You Don’t Want To Read The Bible

Today I Did Something About It

Can You Be Happy Without That Car?

Our Baby Has Died (A Redemption Story)

5 Critical Things As You Take the Next Step of Faith

Why You May Be Missing God’s Big Dream For Your Life

Is God Still On The Throne?

Why Many Christians Have an Identity Crisis and Don’t Even Know It

This Is What Love Does

Please Show Your Get Out of Hell Card

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