James 4:1-6 traces our quarrels back to the desires at war within us, exposes prayer that tries to make God serve our passions, and confronts a heart divided between God and the world. Pastor Adam’s big idea for the week: peace begins when we surrender, because God gives more grace to the humble.

James 3:13-18 sets two kinds of wisdom side by side: one earthly, unspiritual, and demonic, marked by bitter jealousy and selfish ambition, and one from above that is pure, peaceable, gentle, and full of mercy. Pastor Adam opens season two of Storm Proof with a diagnostic for every decision we face: will this action produce righteousness and peace?

Before the wind, the earthquake, and the fire, there was a forty day walk and a cave. Pastor Adam traces exactly how Elijah got to the mountain of God, arguing that the places we dwell shape who we become, and that a specific, personal word from God is available to anyone willing to sit quietly long enough to receive it.

Genesis 26:26-33 and the treaty at Beersheba. The whole chapter… read more

Ecclesiastes 1:8 and the eye never satisfied with seeing. The… read more

Proverbs 13:25 opens the January wisdom series, on appetite and… read more

The annual Thanksgiving message takes a Hebrew word as its key — todah — and spends its first stretch on what the research actually says about gratitude. Then three things it does: brings peace, opens the door, and wins battles.

Having just confronted a king, Elijah is told to hide. Pastor Adam refuses to smooth that over — separation, solitude, sustenance — and asks the question underneath it: what is actually sustaining your decisions right now?

Proverbs 17:1 — better a dry crust with peace than… read more