Winter snows can be beautiful, but what about when all the glory melts away? What do we have left? The world appears brown and nondescript, and it can suck the joy out of our days.
The Jews of ...
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Casting our nets of salvation inside the church walls is not Jesus’ plan. He didn’t try to win souls in the temple. Instead, he reached out to those caught in the steely grip of their ...
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Picture a department store. How easy is it to recognize the appropriate clothing department for our age bracket? Quite easy for most of ...
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God is all about the future. He wants us to leave the broken bones of the past behind and move forward in him to a brand new thing.
In Part 1, we learned that we must first immerse ourselves in the ...
Read more: God’s New Thing (part 2 of 2)
God wants us to look to the future, not to dwell on the past. Broken relationships; financial mistakes. Instead, anticipate what is in front of us. If we focus on the past, we are doomed to ...
Read more: God’s New Thing (part 1 of 2)
What should our goal be in amassing wealth? How much is enough, and how much is too much?
Mother Teresa lived in abject poverty, owning only one sari to her name. She impacted the world for good. ...
How do we know when we fall in love? Do we plan it, or do we give in to it because we have no other choice?
We know how to recognize it in others. Her face lights up when he comes into the room. He ...
Read more: Salvation by Degree (part 4 of 6)
If we trust in God, he will provide for us, both in the physical world, as well as in the spiritual realm.
While there are many themes in the Bible, there is one that starts in Genesis and runs ...
Read more: Salvation by Degree (part 2 of 6)
God is foremost a god of love, and he wants his creation to draw unto him.
When God created the world, he gave humanity a home filled with perfection. In Genesis 2:9, we read that he planted a ...
Read more: Salvation by Degree (part 3 of 6)
From daily headlines to nightly broadcasts, images of disasters bombard us constantly.
This world recognizes physical death. There is no way to avoid it. Most people accept ...
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