Angelic Encouragement: “You Are Greatly Loved”
Angels are “ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation” (Hebrews 1:14). Put simply, they are servants deployed by God to help…
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10 Ways God Lovingly Allows You to Suffer for Your Good
I recently preached a sermon about how God lovingly allows us to suffer for his glory and our good. The text was John 11:1-16, the focal point on suffering arising…
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The Most Significant Choice You’ll Make This Coronavirus Season: Will You Actively Pursue Christ?
You could look back at this coronavirus season as one of the times where you grew exponentially in Christ. Or not. We each have the opportunity years from now to…
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Navigating Fear, Faith, & Love: 3 Ways We As Christians Should Respond to the Coronavirus Outbreak
Coronavirus is spreading fast. Schools are being shut down. Events have been cancelled. And governments all over the globe are buckling down in an attempt to halt the pandemic. How…
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Why Do Christians Die? Because Jesus Loves Us
Christ loves us more than we can fathom. So why does he let us die? The answer: We die because Christ loves us. Christ loves us, so he lets us…
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The Problem of Pain by CS Lewis Summary, Quotes, and Chapter Outline
Brief Summary of The Problem of Pain C.S. Lewis wrote The Problem of Pain in 1940. It was his first major Christian work. In the book he seeks to reconcile…
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4 Pictures of God’s Love
With what can we compare God’s love? C.S. Lewis gives four insightful analogies to picture God’s love. God’s Love Is More Than Kindness Before looking at the four analogies, we…
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What If Christians Do Love the Lord Their God With All Their Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength?
What if all Christians do love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength? (Before you close this window with accusations of heresy, I encourage you to stick with me for a minute.) Many of us know the conversation between Jesus and the Pharisee: “‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?’ And [Jesus] said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind'” (Matthew 22:36-37). Jesus is citing a famous Old Testament text…
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How Do We Stand for Truth and Still Be Respected?
Calling down plagues, dethroning Egyptian ‘gods,’ facing up to Pharaoh, ruining their cities—and yet, respected. So was Moses in Egypt. We know about his staff, his declarations to Pharaoh, his God. But the Bible also says, “Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people” (Exodus 11:3, NIV)…
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Yes, We Need Boldness, but Also Clarity
We need boldness to speak the gospel of Jesus Christ—a certain willingness, confidence, courage, and strength. Without such, we will shrink back from fear. The apostles prayed for boldness: “And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness” (Acts 4:29). Paul inquired his churches to pray “that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel” (Ephesians 6:19). The mystery was that it was always about Christ; specifically, the mystery was that in Christ both all peoples have access to God—both Jews and Gentiles. Proclaiming such a ‘mystery’ took boldness. It required valor…
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