We’ve made it through the first few chapters of Romans, and now we know both the bad news and the good news. Sin separates us from God and destines us for wrath, but righteousness is available through faith in Christ for all who believe. Faith is the key, but what…
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Hope: Because God Can Be Trusted to Keep His Promises
This Christmas season, we celebrate the day that hope arrived. The promise of the coming Messiah was made in the Garden and echoed throughout the pages of Scripture to generations of God’s people. And for thousands of years, they waited. Then, in one fateful night in the humble town of…
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Ready To Go When God Says “Go!”
The Book of Acts in the Bible is full of stories of people who were on mission for Jesus Christ and the gospel. Their assignments were not always easy, but they trusted in God and the gospel spread far and wide. The story of Saul and Ananias is a good…
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Trust God. He Has Something Better.
The Holy Spirit had come, the church was growing, and the disciples were busy spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout Jerusalem. On their way to the temple one afternoon, Peter and John came across a crippled man who had been lame from birth. Day after day he was placed…
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Abundantly Blessed to Faithfully Give
Every time I read the Exodus story and shake my head at the misguided choices of the Israelites in the wilderness, I am quickly reminded of how much my own story mirrors theirs. They had been rescued, redeemed, and abundantly blessed, yet no matter how much God showed Himself to…