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Kindness leads to repentance
In the New Covenant, it is the kindness of God that leads to repentance, not his judgement, says Romans 2:4. In the Old Covenant, sin was met with dramatic judgement and punishment. In fact, you could…
Created 12 months ago
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Faith Runs on Love
Real faith always finds expression in love. As someone said: "Cars run on gas. Faith runs on love." Faith without love is utterly dysfunctional. It's a Ferrari without gas; it may look superficially impressive,…
Created about 1 year ago
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God's Will for You is Happy!
Paul here says something wonderful: God's will for you is happy! Too many Christians think that God's will for them must be contrary to their every desire, full of suffering, sacrificial and even unhappy…
Created about 1 year ago
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The Best is Yet to Come
For those of us living in a generation plagued by fear, these are truly wonderful words: Jesus has "kept the best until now." The best is here now, and it is unfolding as long as every moment is still…
Created about 1 year ago
Haggai 2:9 (NLT), John 2:9 (NLT), John 2:10 (NLT), John 2:19 (NLT), John 2:20 (NLT), John 2:21 (NLT), John 2:22 (NLT)
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God's View of Money
God's view of money and debt is clearly defined here: Deut 28:12––It is a sign of blessing to lend. Deut 28:44––It is a sign of curse to borrow. God desires his covenant people to be blessed in order…
Created about 1 year ago
Genesis 12:2 (NLT), Genesis 12:3 (NLT), Deuteronomy 8:18 (NLT), Deuteronomy 28:12 (NLT), Deuteronomy 28:44 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 9:10 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 9:11 (NLT)
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Freedom is here. Freedom is now.
Freedom is the application of what you already have in Christ. Your battle should not be to get free; it is to stay free. So many Christians spend their lives struggling to be free, yet Paul clearly…
Created over 1 year ago
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In Christ: Your Basis for Victory
Paul uses the phrase "in Christ" an amazing ten times in this first chapter of Ephesians (v 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 20), establishing this powerful concept as the foundation of his letter. Although…
Created over 1 year ago
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What is an Apostle?
Paul opens his letter by calling himself "an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God..." What is an apostle? The Greek word is apostolos, meaning "one sent with full power of attorney to act in the…
Created almost 2 years ago
