Telling the Truth

I believe in Jesus, but for so long I’ve been spiritually dry. I made a mistake. A bad mistake! And since then, I’ve been living in a desert of regrets in a dry and barren land… thirsty, thirsty, thirsty. It’s been a long time since I’ve experienced a sense of the supernatural. I feel isolated, marginalized, full of self-doubt—a failure!If this sounds like you, Jill Briscoe offers help in her message based on the life of Moses. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

I believe in Jesus, but for so long I’ve been spiritually dry. I made a mistake. A bad mistake! And since then, I’ve been living in a desert of regrets in a dry and barren land… thirsty, thirsty, thirsty. It’s been a long time since I’ve experienced a sense of the supernatural. I feel isolated, marginalized, full of self-doubt—a failure!If this sounds like you, Jill Briscoe offers help in her message based on the life of Moses. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

We often ask, “Where is God? I look for Him, but I do not see Him. I listen for Him, but I do not hear Him. It is dark—so very dark. Not pitch black perhaps, but my life is lived in shadows. How can I find God in the shadows?”In this message, Jill Briscoe looks at the life of Esther to uncover answers to those questions. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Pushed by his detractors, Paul reluctantly talks about his experiences. In so doing, he explains how his famous “thorn in the flesh” instead of being removed, served to deepen his relationship with God. An important lesson for all. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Sometimes when commitments prove challenging we back off from promises made. Paul shows us what to do from a specific situation in Corinth. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

The unique relationship which believers enjoy with God requires careful attention to appropriate lifestyle. This requires, among other things, avoiding compromising situations. But what this entails has long been a point of debate. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

The unique relationship which believers enjoy with God requires careful attention to appropriate lifestyle. This requires, among other things, avoiding compromising situations. But what this entails has long been a point of debate. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Feelings of inadequacy are common in a high expectation world. The results can be devastating. Paul talked about God’s high expectations, the inadequate feelings he experienced and what he did about them. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Changing circumstances offer opportunities for relationships to mature or deteriorate. Paul’s experience of the Lord was deepened through exceptionally difficult trials. Knowing God personally is critical to spiritual well-being. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

After Jesus was crucified, the women who supported Him were traumatized, the apostles who followed Him were terrified, and it seemed as if the incarnational project He undertook was totaled.Most of the apostles were originally “resurrection” skeptics—and so are many people today. Peter was willing to explore the message the women brought. And he eventually came to a life-changing conclusion. Everything turned around with the discovery of an empty tomb! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

After Jesus was crucified, the women who supported Him were traumatized, the apostles who followed Him were terrified, and it seemed as if the incarnational project He undertook was totaled.Most of the apostles were originally “resurrection” skeptics—and so are many people today. Peter was willing to explore the message the women brought. And he eventually came to a life-changing conclusion. Everything turned around with the discovery of an empty tomb! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

When Jesus cried out in agony from the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?,” it was much more than an expression of the horrifying physical pain of His execution.At that moment, Christ’s spiritual separation from God as He took on humanity’s sins and paid the death penalty for them—the first and only time he ever was separated from the Father—was beyond excruciating.Stuart Briscoe explains exactly what happened on the cross that day, and he describes the amazing love that motivated such a profound sacrifice. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www...

How do you approach crisis? Many of us see crisis as a dead end, when, in reality, it’s a crossroads, presenting both danger and opportunity. Opportunity for what? To see what God alone can do with the most impossible situations. Jill shares how the miracle of Easter can change how you respond to crisis. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

How do you approach crisis? Many of us see crisis as a dead end, when, in reality, it’s a crossroads, presenting both danger and opportunity. Opportunity for what? To see what God alone can do with the most impossible situations. Jill shares how the miracle of Easter can change how you respond to crisis. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

How can we live above the problems of everyday life? Habakkuk tells us how, and it’s all about getting God’s perspective. There is unspeakable joy in embracing, accepting, and submitting to whatever “burden” God has called each of us to endure. With His help, we can live above it!Jill taught this message at a conference on the spiritual art of leadership. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

How can we live above the problems of everyday life? Habakkuk tells us how, and it’s all about getting God’s perspective. There is unspeakable joy in embracing, accepting, and submitting to whatever “burden” God has called each of us to endure. With His help, we can live above it!Jill taught this message at a conference on the spiritual art of leadership. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Contemporary songs have a brief life. Traditional songs last a little longer. But today’s Scripture reading includes a fragment of a Christian hymn 2,000 years old. That alone makes it worthy of consideration. It’s about Christmas and “the mystery of godliness.” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

The heretical teachers were apparently extorting exorbitant amounts of money from the church using godliness as a means to financial gain. Paul repudiated their activities but used the opportunity to show the great gain of “godliness with contentment.” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Paul understood the importance of athletics in the lives of his contemporaries. Accordingly, he found it helpful to use athletic terms to define and contrast the difference between “physical training” and the need for believers to “train (themselves) in godliness.” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

The “towers” of salvation history of which Paul wrote are “The Epiphany of Grace” (v.11) and “The Epiphany of Glory.” (v.13) In between these monumental events we are called “to say ‘No’ to ungodliness” and to nurture “godly lives in this present age.” (v.12) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

In these days of international and national uncertainty, people are praying earnestly for those who hold positions of power and responsibility in order that we might “live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.” But what is godliness and what does it look like? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Even though the Bible continues to be the leading best seller, fewer people are actually reading it. That’s unfortunate because God’s Word is just as powerful and life changing today as it has always been! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Even though the Bible continues to be the leading best seller, fewer people are actually reading it. That’s unfortunate because God’s Word is just as powerful and life changing today as it has always been! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

The Word of God tells us that there are two life roads—one leads to eternal life, the other to eternal death. There is an art to staying on the right road. There will be pitfalls and enemies who seek to trip us up and distract, divert, and destroy us along the way. But Jill Briscoe shows us that the Holy Spirit will guide, direct, and empower us to keep on walking in the everlasting way! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

The Word of God tells us that there are two life roads—one leads to eternal life, the other to eternal death. There is an art to staying on the right road. There will be pitfalls and enemies who seek to trip us up and distract, divert, and destroy us along the way. But Jill Briscoe shows us that the Holy Spirit will guide, direct, and empower us to keep on walking in the everlasting way! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

What does it mean to live in the Word? How do you hear His voice and apply it to your daily life? Jill Briscoe shows us that it starts with bringing your heart, your mind, and your will when you sit down and spend time reading His Word. Psalm 119:18 says, Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

What does it mean to live in the Word? How do you hear His voice and apply it to your daily life? Jill Briscoe shows us that it starts with bringing your heart, your mind, and your will when you sit down and spend time reading His Word. Psalm 119:18 says, Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

We tend to think in terms of the here and now, and that’s understandable—we live here and we’re living now! But this world is not home for believers. If we’re too focused on the things of this world and never give a thought to living in the light of tomorrow, we won’t live well in the HERE and NOW!This might all sound like a challenging riddle, but the Apostle Peter uses this line of thinking to warn us about the risk of becoming so earthbound and seduced by the things of this world that we lose si...

In Peter's time, some people wished to live without God so they rationalized Him into irrelevance. Others, thinking He had disappeared from the scene, sought life without Him. The same mistakes are being made today. But He is still God and firmly in control. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

There were many false teachers in these days, and one of the things they were saying is that there's no need to worry about a final judgment. But that's just wrong! If we believe there's no final judgment, then it really doesn't matter what we do. If it doesn't matter what we do, then we can spend our life raising "hell." We can just go out and have a wild time! We can do everything that our lower nature longs to do—no restraints, no limits, no consequences, and no accountability. That's just not true, as Peter points out in th...

There were many false teachers in these days, and one of the things they were saying is that there's no need to worry about a final judgment. But that's just wrong! If we believe there's no final judgment, then it really doesn't matter what we do. If it doesn't matter what we do, then we can spend our life raising "hell." We can just go out and have a wild time! We can do everything that our lower nature longs to do—no restraints, no limits, no consequences, and no accountability. That's just not true, as Peter points out in th...

In Peter’s day, the Old Testament Scriptures and the apostles’ teachings were being twisted, fundamental truths ridiculed, and biblical morality repudiated. So he reminded the people of the significance of God’s Word. We need the reminder, too, for we live in similar days. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

In the epistle he wrote shortly before his death, the Apostle Peter strongly emphasized the important things in life they must not forget. We need to remember not to forget them, too. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Human history is all about oppression and liberation, tyranny and emancipation. It is also about the abuse of freedom and confusion about liberty. Peter addressed the issue, talking about being “slaves of depravity” and “a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

There are no guarantees that all will go smoothly in life or marriage because there are many forces intent on destroying our lives and relationships. But God promised us the resources we need to deal with life’s eventualities and we have to decide which way we are going to go—or as Joshua said, which gods are we going to serve? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

There are no guarantees that all will go smoothly in life or marriage because there are many forces intent on destroying our lives and relationships. But God promised us the resources we need to deal with life’s eventualities and we have to decide which way we are going to go—or as Joshua said, which gods are we going to serve? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Having exhorted Christian children to obey their parents, Paul turns his attention to fathers (Gk. pateres which can mean "parents"), telling them to avoid exasperating and to concentrate on educating their children in "the Lord." To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Having exhorted Christian children to obey their parents, Paul turns his attention to fathers (Gk. pateres which can mean "parents"), telling them to avoid exasperating and to concentrate on educating their children in "the Lord." To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

Ancient cultures developed "Family Codes," which addressed relationships between members of the household. Paul adapted these codes in order to present specific Christian teaching concerning relationships in the family, including parent/child relations. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111

The Christian view of marriage is that God joins two people together and they become one flesh. This unique relationship holds great promise and presents great challenges for all concerned. For men, it means loving their wives as Christ loved the church! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29?v=20251111