Melissa Spoelstra

Read an excerpt from "Esther Bible Study" on the daring faith modeled by Esther and her cousin Mordecai.

October 31, 2024

• Kelly Minter

• Bible Study
• Esther

Reflecting on Matthew 5:3 and Jesus telling us that blessed are the poor in spirit for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. What does it mean to be truly blessed?

June 1, 2023

• Kelly Minter

• Matthew

God gave us a Redeemer who was able. We would be hopelessly stranded if our redeemer were near of kin and able but unwilling. And here is where Jesus Christ perfectly fulfills the role of kinsman-redeemer. He was not only close and able, but He was also lovingly willing to redeem.

March 15, 2023

• Kelly Minter

• Redemption

Nothing in our lives is too scarlet to be covered by the white linen of Christ’s righteousness. 

September 22, 2022

• Kelly Minter

• Bible Study
• Women's Ministry
• Redemption

When we fast, we’re practicing the needed discipline of saying no to ourselves and yes to God. In a culture that prizes the ideas of on-demand, you deserve it, and don’t go without, we desperately need to tell ourselves no on occasion. While this may seem inhibiting at first, it’s paradoxically liberating.

November 1, 2021

• Kelly Minter

• Fasting

For me, eating was often a social activity—a place to connect with others. My mom cooked all the time and, naturally, I wanted to be able to provide the same kind of experience for others that she provided for our family. The dinner table in our home was a mooring in which I always found a safe harbor.

September 30, 2019

• Kelly Minter

• Relationships
• Hospitality

When I take the time to meditate on God’s greatness in the Psalms, when I worship Him with adoration, when I fall before Him in prayer, my cares come into proper perspective. My priorities fall into order. My idols prove downright silly in comparison.

November 27, 2017

• Kelly Minter

• Spiritual Growth
• Personal Growth

Some think the gospel package is too narrow, others find it offensive or woefully irrelevant. But do you see how sharing the gospel in your community will crawl into every crevice of your life and faith? God has prepared you to go and tell.

October 26, 2017

• Kelly Minter

• Evangelism
• Evangelism

Be reminded that the Christian life is about our fellowship with a living Person, Jesus, in this excerpt from the Bible study What Love Is on 1, 2, and 3 John by Kelly Minter.

November 4, 2014

• Kelly Minter

• God The Son