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Romans 8: Life in the Spirit, Part 3

Future Glory

Patient hope in the gospel of Jesus Christ will enable us to handle present suffering in the light of future glory.

Romans 8: Life in the Spirit, Part 2

Life in the Spirit in Troubling Times

If you enter into this troubling time confident and clear on who you are in Christ, it will radically shape how you live through it.

Romans 8: Life in the Spirit, Part 1

Live Free

Jesus enters into your cycle of guilt and exhaustion and offers rest. But not only rest, he also gives power to live a truly spiritual life.

Romans 8: Life in the Spirit, Part 3

Future Glory

Patient hope in the gospel of Jesus Christ will enable us to handle present suffering in the light of future glory.

Romans 8: Life in the Spirit, Part 2

Life in the Spirit in Troubling Times

If you enter into this troubling time confident and clear on who you are in Christ, it will radically shape how you live through it.

Romans 8: Life in the Spirit, Part 1

Live Free

Jesus enters into your cycle of guilt and exhaustion and offers rest. But not only rest, he also gives power to live a truly spiritual life.

What God Can Do in Our Time of Trouble

Trouble is transcendent. But trouble has a God. And that God can help us forget our troubles and make us fruitful in our suffering.

Malachi: Redeeming Love, Part 6

Don’t Forget Your Future

The main problem in all of us is a problem of perspective. We need a perspective of God’s work and our lives that takes into account, not just all of life, but all of eternity. So, God draws our attention to the day of the LORD and the blessing of belonging.

Malachi: Redeeming Love, Part 5

Redeeming Money

God is evaluating our giving. Are we showing that we trust him?

Malachi: Redeeming Love, Part 4

Redeeming Justice

God’s purpose in Malachi 3 isn’t necessarily to get us to do something, but rather to reorient our minds and our hearts around the justice and mercy of God.

Malachi: Redeeming Love, Part 3

Redeeming Marriage

In Malachi’s day, the Israelites were marrying women who led them to worship false gods and were being unfaithful to their wives. In response, this passage calls us today to honor God when pursuing marriage and honor God by being faithful in marriage.

Malachi: Redeeming Love, Part 2

Redeeming Worship

Because of the greatness of the Lord and the honor of his name, the hearts of his worshipers are of the utmost importance.

Malachi: Redeeming Love, Part 1

Redeeming Love

The people of God in Malachi’s day needed to be confronted. Often, we too need to be confronted. But before God confronts us, he consoles us by reaffirming his extravagant love for us.

Christ Has Come, Part 3

Redemption: From Slaves to Sons

Redemption is a word Christians often use without knowing what it means. When this word moves from jargon to truth, it will capture our hearts in a fresh way.

Emotions

People are largely driven by our emotions. Everyone likes to believe that behavior is based on thinking, but it is really driven by feelings. So, if there is any institution that should be intelligent and informed regarding emotions, it is the church.

Christ Has Come, Part 2

Adoption: Sons and Daughters of God

Adoption is the act by which God makes us members of his family and he becomes our Father.

Christ Has Come, Part 1

The Miracle of the Incarnation

Thousands of years ago, in the garden of Eden, God promised he would send a Savior to reverse the curse of sin. He kept that promise in a story that unfolds through history and is gloriously fulfilled with the coming of Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy: A Family on a Mission, Part 13

The Fight of Faith

The Lord has one hand on our shoulder and a loving, Fatherly finger in our face. And he’s saying “Faith is a fight. A good fight. But a fight nonetheless. Fight it well. And here’s how.”