Why You Can’t Join Someone Else’s Family
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February 12, 2016
Matthew 1:1-2
This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Abraham was...
On Splitting Hell Wide Open with a Baptismal Certificate in Your Hands
Leaves without fruit is the form of religion without the power; going through the motions of "church" without living in the way of Jesus.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
Saturday, October 8
Behold
Matthew 12:1-21 TNIV
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some...
The Big Problem with People Pleasers
Here's the surprising truth: at the heart of people-pleasing is the fear of people.
People Who Say Such Things: Seek Confirmation Rather Proof
We ask for God's will to be done. We discern our plans as best we can to do the will of God. Stuff happens and we learn to trust God in the midst of it.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
Tuesday, October 18
Behold
Matthew 14:1-12 TNIV
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, and he said to his attendants, “This is John...
The Second Half of the Gospel: Everybody Wants to Go Deeper, Nobody Wants to...
Everybody wants to go deeper, but nobody wants to go down. Discontent will lead in one of two directions: distraction or depth.
The First Prayer of the Cross (Part 2)
In the largest way and with the fewest words, the cross is the weight of the glory of the love of God for the whole world, beginning with me.
Who Do You Say That I Am?
Are we really prepared to travel a narrow road, filled with disgrace, and one which passes through the eye of a needle, and up a hill called Golgotha?
The Final Word of Grace: Psalm 119:153-176 (Resh, Sin/Shin and Taw)
The Christian message should never be reduced to mere obedience to God’s law, though it is never less than that.
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