by roylbaldwin | Oct 18, 2025 | Blog
“When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.” — Nehemiah 1:4 The Noise About Revival The headlines won’t stop coming. Mass baptisms across all fifty states. Campus revivals spreading like wildfire. Public intellectuals announcing their...
by roylbaldwin | Oct 12, 2025 | Blog
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” — Matthew 6:21 You’ve heard this verse. Maybe you’ve even quoted it. It’s one of those passages that sounds profound enough to nod at but familiar enough to gloss over. We...
by roylbaldwin | Oct 10, 2025 | Blog
A Reflection on 2 Thessalonians 3:2–15 The city of Thessalonica was not a quiet place to start a church. Paul arrived there on his second missionary journey, likely in AD 49 or 50, after being beaten and imprisoned in Philippi. He and Silas came bruised, bloodied, but...
by roylbaldwin | Oct 8, 2025 | Blog, HELD SERIES
“My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, ‘Where is your God?'” — Psalm 42:3 The Broccoli Stone My wife and I used to sit in a circle with grieving children—kids who had lost parents, siblings, grandparents. Kids...
by roylbaldwin | Oct 2, 2025 | Blog, HELD SERIES
The Neurobiology and Theology of Vows A year ago, I told you about a vow I made in a grocery store parking lot—a vow that held me for fifteen years until God tore it down. I thought telling that story would be enough. But this past year, I keep coming back to the same...
by roylbaldwin | Oct 1, 2025 | Blog
Recently, I’ve been in an online conversation with someone who respectfully challenges my thoughts on church and politics. These aren’t easy topics. They’re not neatly resolved. But I welcome it. Because of my own life and experiences, I’ve...
