Paul Dietzel

If Scripture hasn’t changed, why does the church today look so different from the church in Acts? We began learning what Jesus actually taught about prayer, righteousness, abiding, and authority — and one moment in our home made His words unmistakably real.

In the hardest year of our lives, a quiet hunger began to rise — one slow and steady, one sudden and overwhelming. We didn’t know it then, but the veil was beginning to tear.

Fatherhood exposed weaknesses I did not know were there, uprooted pride, and taught me dependence on Jesus. A reflection on how children become instruments of sanctification and how the Lord reshapes a man into a father through grace, repentance, and love.

We discovered that the spiritual atmosphere of a home is shaped by countless small choices. This letter traces how God taught us to guard our minds, resist double-mindedness, and build a home centered on His presence rather than the noise of the world.

Marriage revealed strengths and weaknesses we didn’t know we carried. This letter explores how the Lord refined us—teaching boundaries, healing expectations, uprooting old patterns, and forming us into one heart and one mission under Christ.

Shelby and I share how the Lord joined our lives, shaped our early years as one, and wove His faithfulness through every season. A reflection on covenant, unity, and the transforming work God does when a marriage belongs completely to Him.

What it truly means to “bear the Name” of Jesus—not merely avoiding misuse of His Name, but living in a way worthy of His banner. A call to holiness, repentance, and walking in the Spirit rather than the flesh.

The story of God’s providence in bringing Shelby and me together—from a cold text message and prayers on a Texas beach, to a whirlwind courtship that revealed the Lord’s fingerprints at every turn. A testimony of God’s timing, purpose, and covenant.