Isaiah 53 has always been one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. It so clearly describes the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross and the purpose for it. When God came to earth he didn’t come as a great and powerful conquerer (as some were hoping for). He came…
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Complacency
“For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency. But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.” (Proverbs 1:32, 33 NLT) Complacency: a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or…
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New life
So what does the empty tomb mean today? Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV) The empty tomb, Christ risen, is something we can celebrate every day. Once we’ve come to the end of…
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Who is Jesus to you
What is the gospel message? 1 – We are all sinners and cannot have fellowship or eternity with God covered in the filth of sin. (And by the way, all sin is filthy. God didn’t assign a rating scale to sin.) 2 – God created us to be in fellowship…
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Spread the news
The Old Testament prophets had quite a calling. Delivering God’s message to people that often didn’t like what they heard and persecuted them because of it. Jeremiah spent his days announcing Gods wrath and judgement and because of that, he was hated by most. They didn’t like the bad news…