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The Refiner’s Fire

Photo of metalurgist's refiners fire for Mt Zion Baptist Church Sioux City Iowa blog post called The Refiners Fire

The Refiner’s Fire Part of our year-long series: Fixing What’s Broken to Build Back Better Scripture: Malachi 3:2–3 (KJV) Malachi chapter 3, verses 2 and 3 says, “But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for He is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap: And […]

It Was Caused By Pressure

Pastor Robert N. Lauderdale's blog post titled "It Was Caused by Pressure" describes being bent under pressure by life.

Part of our year-long series: Fixing What’s Broken to Build Back Better Scripture: Luke 13:10–17 (KJV) Picture it with me: a woman walks into the synagogue—but she’s not walking like you and I walk. For eighteen long years she has been bent double, eyes fixed on the ground, unable to stand up straight Luke 13:11 […]

Surviving Life’s Storms

Stormy skies over a Midwest landscape conveys the tone of the blog post titled "Surviving Life's Storms" by Robert N. Lauderdale.

Scripture: Mark 4:35–41 (KJV) As I look around our congregation and scroll through social media, I see one common thread we all share—the struggle to survive life’s storms. Theologian Karl Barth once said we should “preach with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other.” I believe he meant our preaching should […]

A Starting Point

A woman opening her arms to the skies conveys the message of the blog post titled "A Starting Point" by Robert Lauderdale.

Scripture: Acts 2:38 (KJV) There’s a television show called “Hoarders.” It tells the story of people who suffer from a real illness known as hoarding disorder—a condition where the amount of accumulated clutter makes normal living almost impossible. Rooms once filled with purpose can no longer function as they were designed to. What was once […]