The Lamb of God came first and foremost to take away the sin of the world.
Read MoreGod celebrates over you, not because of anything that you’ve done but simply out of joy for the fact that you exist, that you are.
Read MoreGod’s first and final word to us is the Alpha and the Omega, the Word made flesh.
Read MoreNothing can dissuade or defeat God’s determination to save us from the darkness of sin and death.
Read MoreThe sign that the Savior has been born is that he’s wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a feeding trough! For real! That’s the sign!
Read MoreYou don’t have to be ready for however God shows up in your life and leads you to a door that you would not choose to walk through on your own.
Read MoreRepentance, far from being a threat issued by a wrathful god, is an invitation into relationship with a God who is forgiving almost to a fault.
Read MoreIf we live as though every day is judgment day, then judgment is not something to be feared but rather welcomed.
Read MoreYou are not the hero of this story. Jesus is. And he has rescued you from the power of darkness and transferred you into his kingdom.
Read MoreWhereas the world sees suffering as something to be avoided, if at all possible, the Christian—through the power of the Holy Spirit—sees in suffering an opportunity.
Read MoreAs Christians, we don’t believe in the immortality of the soul; we believe in resurrection.
Read MoreRepentance is not a prerequisite to forgiveness…it’s a spontaneous and joyful response to the radical reorienting grace of the gospel.
Read MoreWe don’t need religion. What we need is faith. A faith in something beyond ourselves. A faith in the God who raises the dead.
Read MoreThe one who hears our plea is not a corrupt judge but our crucified Savior.
Read MoreAs followers of Christ, we walk in the Samaritan’s footsteps. Our faith, our gratitude, put us on a different course.
Read MoreAs with so many things, when it comes to waiting, our faith in Jesus Christ places us at odds with the wider culture.
Read MoreFar from being indicators of God’s absence, suffering and death are the very means that God uses to secure our salvation.
Read MoreGrace comes into this story through what the world regards as disreputable.
Read MoreBut rather than thinking in this legalistic way of righteous vs sinners, we ought to understand ourselves first and foremost as lost.
Read MoreWho is the Holy Spirit challenging us to see in the transformative light of the gospel…not as some category of person but as a brother or sister in Christ?
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