Entries by Amanda Petersen

Children of God Overcome Ignorance

If you’re in the same general age bracket as I am, you undoubtedly remember playing with G.I. Joe’s. The army action figures were extremely popular when I was growing up. Not only did you have them as toys, they even had their own TV show.

Faith Overcomes the World

esus Lives! The Victory’s Won! That’s pretty much the Bible in a nutshell, isn’t it? Whether you’re reading from Genesis 3, “I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.”

From Rescue to Rescue

Have you ever felt trapped–like there was no way out? I think many of the events of the past year have lent themselves to feeling trapped. Trapped in our homes, trapped behind our masks, trapped in our own minds.

From Ride to Ride

It was all happening, just as God had promised. The curse that David had brought upon himself by despising the word of the LORD, by striking down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, by taking Uriah’s wife Bathsheba as his own; that curse was now coming to fruition.

From Seal to Seal

Daniel had to be counting his blessings. After being carried away from his homeland as a teenager, he had survived two kings and their visions and dreams. Now the third king, Darius the Mede, who had no loyalty or familiarity with Daniel had made him one of three supervisors over the whole kingdom.

From Pole to Pole

So far in our journey on the Road to Redemption, we’ve seen the picture of Jesus in the passover lamb. We’ve seen him battle against the temptations of Satan and fulfill the promise God made in the Garden of Eden.

The Struggle: Empowered By God’s Word

“How do you do it? How do you stay so positive with so much negativity in the world?” “How can you go on? How can you find joy in life when you’ve dealt with so much pain and loss?” Those questions have been asked of God’s people since sin entered the world.