by nsackman | Jan 11, 2017 | Devotionals
What kind of commitment are you making if you marry? Does God give us a way out or reasons that we are allowed to divorce? Matthew 19:4-9 And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, and said, ‘FOR...
by nsackman | Jan 4, 2017 | Devotionals
Happy New Year! We’ll be starting the Weekly Winter Word off a little different this year. For the next three weeks we’ll be in a series about marriage written by our friend Andy Finch. Andy has been around SFC for years and has a huge heart for the shred...
by nsackman | Dec 28, 2016 | Devotionals
“Peace to you! As the Father has sent me, so am I sending you.” John 20:21 When I read the Gospel stories, I often find myself meditating on the spaces between the stories. I find myself watching the action of Jesus in the margins of his life, the stories happening...
by nsackman | Dec 21, 2016 | Devotionals
Ephesians 5:13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. Politics: that popular word. Just before I left for Switzerland to serve at the YWAM base, I was given the right to vote for independence for...
by nsackman | Nov 23, 2016 | Devotionals
Psalm 3 Worship is something everybody does. Harold Best, author of Unceasing Worship, makes the argument that everyone worships all the time. The primary difference from one person to the next isn’t whether or not they worship; rather, the difference is in what they...
by nsackman | Nov 16, 2016 | Devotionals
“Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you. Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his...