What does it mean to be alive in Christ? It’s not about who we are or what we have done, but who He is and what He has done. This morning we are coming to a passage that is going to wrap up what we have been talking about. Even in the day of Paul, […]
When we look at Gods word, we can take confidence in His truth. It become exciting as we take this journey of our growth in our identity in God. That it is why Paul, in Romans, states that we are to be alive to God in Christ Jesus. We can be amazed on how God […]
We find in the first chapter of John that we are given the right to be called the children of God. We live in a world that says it is harsh to have an “exclusive” way. But we know the beauty of the relationship with God through Jesus. We don’t raise our children by saying […]
In the coming weeks, we will be looking at what God has said about our identity. One of the biggest topics of the New Testament answers the question, “Who are we in Christ?” To understand who we are in Christ, we must first understand Christ himself. In the Gospel of John, he goes back in […]
So how many people sat down and and made New Year’s resolutions? There is something about the new year that we use as a benchmark. But that might not be a good thing. To resolve to change for change sake is never a good reason. And usually without having a driving reason for change, our […]
In many ways, we are events (plural) oriented. We see a sequence of events as it plays out in history. But God is event (singular) oriented. He sees everything as part of one event. He sees the the intertwined details. So when we look at the event of the time of Jesus’ birth, we have difficulty […]
In our men’s group that we have begun, we are currently looking at the temptations that are present for men. We are watching a video series from the 1990’s, and while the temptations for me was great the, look at the explosions of temptations that has come about since then. Sometimes as we move through […]
This week we remember the life of Jim Hillary who has gone to the Lord. As we remember the genuine life that Jim lived out, we remember what Paul told us about living life. Paul reminds us that for us, to live is Christ and our gain is in death. We know that eternity is […]
Today we reflect on the various letters that talk about worship. In this last week there was a news article bringing to light a number of atheist mega-churches being created. It is a strange mixture of people who deny God but realize inside them a desire to worship. We look at Hebrews that talks about […]
When Jesus encountered the religious leaders of hit time, they were experts in the Scriptures. But Jesus told them that that they search the scriptures, but even Moses pointed to Him. And what the religious leaders missed was that all of the Scriptures point to Jesus. If the things that we do in the church […]