As stated previously, our salvation was extremely costly to God, as He sent His Son into the world to live the righteous life we cannot live, and to offer Himself as a perfect sacrifice on the cross where He was judged in our place (Rom 5:8; 1 Pet 3:18), and where the payment f...
Way back in Exodus, just a couple months after God freed the people of Israel from 400+ years of slavery in Egypt, the whole nation was living in tents. They were on their way through the wilderness to the Promised Land of Canaan, and they stopped at Mount Sinai, where God renewed his...
One approach to Scripture that calls us to work through the text in a very intentional way is lectio divina (divine reading), an ancient form of prayer in which we ruminate on the text in order to encounter God. Cows are ruminant animals–they chew the cud, working through it again and...
“I am not afraid to die, for I know where I am going.” His hope was, of course, ultimately on the resurrection, for just as God is the God
The old agreement that the people made with God never worked because they made an empty promise and it is replaced by a covenant where Jesus becomes the mediator and puts God’s law in our heart. Note: if it is in the heart, a born-again person will obey the letter. ...
We are perfect before God when we ask Jesus to come into our lives, and we believe him. His righteousness is imputed to us “And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God. ...
There are also many ways He was an example to us where the Bible doesn’t use that word. For instance, as He resisted Satan with the Word of God, He showed us how to do the same. (Matthew 4). However, looking to Jesus as an example naturally leads to this thought:He is God. ...
That shift in priorities doesn’t tell us exactly where they’re going. But it’s enough for now to say that the “post-Christian” label fits the overall trend in American spirituality more than it did a decade ago. He notes also a Pew Research Centre Report that gives four possible sc...
Friend, in these wildly crazy times, we must cling to the truth that our God is still in control (Proverbs 19:21), and His plan holds a much greater purpose. As we head into another truly tense election that will determine our commander-in-chief, will you join me in lifting your hear...
For this I have put the POPE in my back room the first word is HAPPY so I see the pope looking at my IRON BOARD second main word I see the POPE looking at some draws I have with Dust spilling out God made Adam out of dust so the word MAN ..is the I remember anyway So, so ...