1 John 4:9
“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”
Why Did God’s Beautiful Plan of Redemption Involve Something So Ugly?
Why Did God’s Beautiful Plan of Redemption Involve Something So Ugly? August 01, 2023 by: Philip Graham Ryken That Old, Ugly Cross At the center of our beauty-loving God’s perfect plan for making us beautiful is something so grotesque and so offensive that people cannot even bear to look: the God-damnable death that Jesus died…
10 Reasons the Old Testament Matters to Christians
10 Reasons the Old Testament Matters to Christians February 25, 2024 by: Jason S. DeRouchie Reading the Old Testament as a New Testament Believer Is Christ really part of the Old Testament message? Should I, as a believer in the twenty-first century, claim Old Testament promises as mine? Do the laws of the Mosaic covenant…
But God’s gift is real life, eternal life…
But now that you’ve found you don’t have to listen to sin tell you what to do, and have discovered the delight of listening to God telling you, what a surprise! A whole, healed, put-together life right now, with more and more of life on the way! Work hard for sin your whole life and…
PART 1: Activate your Baptism
As we entrust our souls to the hands of the Maker, the battle of surrender begins. Baptism is not merely an act of deference—it is the start of a transformative journey. While many warn of external attacks, the truest battle often lies within. We come to face the truth that we have been our own…