Open the Bible 10 Ways Disappointment Can Strengthen Your Faith Disappointment exercises our faith. Like a good resistance band, it pushes back at us, putting on the pressure and testing our endurance. Kristen Wetherell March 9, 2017
Open the Bible The God Who Heals She trails behind the crowd, uncertain if she should approach. The mass of people surrounding him overwhelms her; she can’t see what he’s doing, where he’s going, let alone hear him speak…. Kristen Wetherell February 9, 2017
Blog When You’re in the Pit Joseph had dreams. Big, God-given dreams about ruling over his family, being exalted to a high position of respect and power. Dreams that made his brothers angry and jealous. So they tossed… Kristen Wetherell January 21, 2017
Blog No. 2 | Christ Came into Hostility If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. (John 15:18) A world of hostility toward truth, a world infatuated with sin, a world full of… Kristen Wetherell December 9, 2016
Open the Bible God Knows When You Don’t Right now, there’s a lot I don’t know. I don’t know what today will bring. Or tomorrow, for that matter. I don’t know how long I will live, or when I will… Kristen Wetherell October 25, 2016
Blog, Uncategorized Join Me in #MakingMercyGreat Brothers and sisters, can we start something here today? Can we resolve to make more of our joys than we do of our sorrows? Kristen Wetherell May 23, 2016
Open the Bible Two Reasons to Draw Near to God in Suffering (Rather Than Reject Him) Picture David laying prostrate before God in a dank, dark cave, the sweat of suffering coating his brow, as he cries out for comfort and deliverance from his enemies, who hotly pursue… Kristen Wetherell April 8, 2016
Open the Bible Four Reasons to Be of Good Courage in Suffering What does it look like to suffer well? It’s easy to answer this question in theory, but when suffering enters our experience, it’s much harder to reckon with. What are we to… Kristen Wetherell January 20, 2016
Open the Bible Do Not Regard God’s Discipline Lightly I’ve never met a person who said that discipline was pleasant. Parents battle their kid’s temper tantrums with heavy hearts and tears, athletes break their bodies in order to build strength and… Kristen Wetherell November 17, 2015
The Gospel Coalition Suffering Is Not What It Seems What if suffering isn’t quite what it seems? Often, suffering is viewed as a mood-destroying interruption (in our best moments) or a faith-wrecking obstacle (in our worst). Whether we are hitting one… Kristen Wetherell May 20, 2015
