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Hi OBS friends,It’s week two of the Galatians Online Bible Study and I love seeing how you are engaging with the Word! It’s so encouraging — keep it up!Jada asked ...

As parents, we are often living lives filled with distractions, emotional challenges, and professional and personal disruptions. No matter what you face, take every opportunity you are given to listen ...

Sometimes, life feels a little too ordinary and understated. We go about our days as if nothing meaningful could ever happen to us. We’re held back by fear and what ...

It was a broken heart that first ignited my passion to find my cause. When I was around nine years old, during afternoon nap time for my younger siblings, my ...

The first time I taught the study you’re about to dive into, I gathered a room full of women in my local church to talk about what’s going on in ...

Welcome to Bible Study of the Week, where every Sunday we give you the free first sessions of new video Bible studies from leading authors, pastors, and Bible teachers.This is ...

Our calling changes and evolves over the years as we grow and our circumstances change.My calling, during my high school years, was to connect with that spark, to develop a ...

This season we’ve had a fresh bloom of devotionals spring up! Grow your faith, spend time in the Word, pack a new devo in your Memorial Day vacation bag. You’ll ...

Mike Fisher, Former NHL Star Carrie Underwood, Singer and SongwriterBy the age of seventeen, Mike Fisher was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League and, shortly after that, into the NHL. ...

Happiness and the Higher Power AgentAn aspect of agency that influences happiness is whether you believe in a force that acts in the world and causes events to happen — ...

Editor’s note: Kayla Stoecklein is a voice of compassion and hope for those oppressed with the mostly-taboo topic of suicide. It’s a delicate issue, one haunted by shame and fear, ...

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to ...

In a story told in the gospel of John, the Pharisees drag a woman accused of adultery before Jesus. Hoping to trap Jesus in a violation of Mosaic law, they ...

Be patient, bearing with one another in love. — Ephesians 4:2 NIVHe picks his teeth in public. She has this odd manner of clearing her voice every few moments.He can’t ...

Editor’s note: Happy Mother’s Day to the moms and grandmas! We see you and are thankful for you!What if this overarching statement could be said about us as women?We’re there ...

How Much Can You Put Up With? Listen, I know it’s hard to embrace someone else’s cultural values. Whether it’s their noise level, the smell and look of their food, ...