Welcome To THE NUGGET The Bible Is a Mirror By: Sonya Richards ----------------------------------------------- March 18, 2025 Pastor James MacDonald said people call us Bible Thumpers because we use the Bible to beat people up. Have you ever done that? Think about it before you answer. Think about the times you have said, “The Bible says…” and followed it up, not with a truth you are using as an illustration or to unde ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Waiting With Expectation By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- March 15, 2025 God recently placed the word, "expectation" on my heart. After five years of waiting for God to fulfill His promise to heal my husband from dementia, five years of watching his cognition drop in leaps and bounds, I will admit that my faith was starting t ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Judgment or Gentleness? By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- March 13, 2025 "As [Jesus] passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' Jesus answered, 'It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works o ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Five Things Jesus Did Not Say... By: Kathy Keller ----------------------------------------------- March 11, 2025 "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" (John 14:6 ESV) "Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.'” (John 8:58 ESV) ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET God's Wisdom By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- March 8, 2025 "But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him." (James 1:5 NASB) God has been speaking to me a lot about accessing His wisdom lately. The world's wisest man hints that ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET A Superior Covenant By: Alice Burnett ----------------------------------------------- March 6, 2025 An old washboard sat on the mantel of our former log home. Its purpose was decorative, but in the past a washboard was used to wash a pile of dirty clothes. I'm glad I never had to do my laundry that way! A person would need a lot of elbow grease, not to mention the possibility of fingers and knuckl ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Tumbleweed By: Rod Marshall ----------------------------------------------- March 4, 2025 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.  For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it."  (Matthew 13:16-17 ESV) ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Chariots of Iron By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- March 1, 2025 The last few chapters of the book of Joshua describe in detail the climax of the Exodus. Finally in the promised land, they are now in the process of dividing the land amongst the tribes. Not all of the tribes were pleased with their allotments, however.... First we have t ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Lamb of God By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- February 27, 2025 "The next day [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! ... I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him. ... And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.'" (John 1:2 ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The lamb of God By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- February 27, 2025 "The next day [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! ... I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him. ... And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.'" (John 1:2 ...Continue Reading