God never promised He would protect us from experiencing problems in this world. In fact, in a broken world, it is certain that we will have difficulties throughout life. But God has promised that when we walk with Him we will be able to battle those problems differently and more effectively than if we walk without Him. In BEDROCK, Kent Adrian explains that the key to handling life isn't found in ourselves, or in what is happening to us, but rather in what we believe about the character of God. There are bedrock beliefs about God that will transform the way we look at what happens to us in...

Most Christians want to deepen their faith by reading the Bible. However, many people become frustrated as they read because they find the Bible hard to understand. For these people, the Bible can seem boring and irrelevant, and eventually they give up trying to read it. Yet the Bible is God's voice to us. Through the Bible, God is able to dispense wisdom, shape our character, reinforce our faith, and draw near to us, but we have to be listening to Him. If we cut ourselves off from this primary means of communication with God, we lose an essential connection that allows us to know God and...