by Steve-Kroening | Jun 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Genesis 4 is often remembered for violence. It tells the story of Cain and Abel, and later of Lamech’s pride and revenge. Yet tucked inside this chapter is something surprising. In the middle of a world already marked by sin, culture begins to bloom. Lamech had three...
by Steve-Kroening | May 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
In 1853, a young Scottish minister named George MacDonald stood before his congregation and spoke of a God whose love was deeper and stronger than human rebellion. His words unsettled church leaders, and before long he was removed from his pulpit. His health was...
by Steve-Kroening | May 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Moses was not searching for wonder when he saw the burning bush. He was tending sheep, walking familiar ground, living a life that felt small compared to the palace he once knew. The desert was dry and ordinary. The work was repetitive. Nothing in that field suggested...
by Steve-Kroening | May 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
C.S. Lewis once wrote, “We are what we believe we are.” Those words cut deeper than they first appear. What we believe about ourselves shapes how we live. The stories we rehearse in our minds slowly become the frame through which we see the world. If we imagine...
by Steve-Kroening | May 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
C.S. Lewis once wrote, “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” His point was not simply that Christianity is true. It was that Christianity changes the way we see. When the...
by Steve-Kroening | May 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
When Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, he did not know how far the consequences would reach. What began as a protest against corruption soon became a matter of life and death. Condemned by church authorities and declared an...
by Steve-Kroening | May 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
In the third century, a devastating plague swept through the Roman Empire. At its height, thousands were dying each day in major cities. The healthy fled. Families abandoned sick relatives in the streets to protect themselves. Fear became the ruling instinct. But...
by Steve-Kroening | Mar 19, 2026 | Stories 1
Every person lives in two worlds at once. One is the world we can see and touch. The other is the world we picture inside our minds. In that inner world, we replay conversations, imagine the future, fear what might happen, and dream about what could be. Though it...
by Steve-Kroening | Mar 19, 2026 | Stories 1
Behind a false wall in a quiet watchmaker’s house in Haarlem, six people once stood in complete silence while soldiers searched the rooms. The hidden space was small and close, built just inches from discovery. It existed because Corrie ten Boom and her family...
by Steve-Kroening | Mar 19, 2026 | Stories 1
J.R.R. Tolkien went to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He did not like it. That surprises many people. After all, Tolkien loved fairy stories. He filled his own books with dwarves, dragons, dark forests, and ancient songs. Walt Disney did the same, though in a...
