Welcome To THE NUGGET The Spirit of the Lord Came Upon Him: The Time Before the Kings, Part 2 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- April 5, 2025 Last Saturday, in "the Time Before the Kings, Part 1", we learned that sometimes when God doesn't appear to be keeping His promises, it may simply be because His time hasn't yet come. However, He may also be inviting us to join in the figh ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Why Israel Failed...The Time Before the Kings, Introduction and Part 1 By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------- April 29, 2025 Introduction It was a precarious time in the history of the young nation of Israel. Both Moses and Joshua had passed away, and since God was to be the King of the nation, there was no human king (see 1 Samuel 12:12). Rather, the leadersh ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Fishing With Jesus By: Kari Vo ---------------------------- March 27, 2025 "Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, 'Children, do you have any fish?' They answered Him, 'No.' He said to them, 'Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.' So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET For Such a Time as This… By: Sonya Richards ----------------------------------------------- March 25, 2025 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable…" (2 Timothy 3:16 NIV) One thing that amazes me, and yet validates the reality of God’s Word as a living document, is the verses that cause my heart to leap for joy, and the commonality of ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Putting Out the Fleece By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- March 22, 2025 We've all heard the expression, "putting out the fleece". It is commonly used in Christian circles to describe the process of learning God's will by asking Him for a sign, and the root of this expression is found in Judges 6... The people of Israel ar ...Continue Reading

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