I’ve often heard it said that God doesn’t “punish” people. But is that really true? And if it is – does that mean we shouldn’t expect consequences for our poor choices? As a parent – I know that I must step in and correct my children’s behavior when necessary to…
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Rescuing a sinner
What do we do when someone we love, someone we know has accepted Jesus as their Savior, is allowing a particular sin to become bigger than their relationship with God? What do we do when we see them walking dangerously close to the edge of a choice that will harden…
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Redemption plan
When God first created mankind, he was hanging out with us. We were in perfect fellowship with him, oblivious to a world full of sin. We lived in a beautiful garden, alongside the animals, with fresh fruits and vegetables at our disposal. God’s only forbiddance was the tree of the…
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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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The Word walked
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. (John 1:1, 2 NIV84)t God sent his Son, literally a part of himself, to join mankind. (Immanuel, God with us – Isaiah 7:14) To live in…