
Growing up in church, being baptized, getting confirmed (even re-baptized), having perfect attendance Sunday school, attending youth group and summer camps—are not the same as receiving the Holy Spirit.
RECAP: On the Difference Between Knowing What We Believe and Knowing Who We Believe
Many of us have believed the terms of the gospel as mere beliefs and accepted Jesus as our Savior as though salvation merely required a mental assent.
RECAP: Jesus Paid It All
The Law was given to show us our desperate need of God and our hopelessness to obey it apart from him.
RECAP: The Burning Bush of the New Testament
Today’s text is nothing short of a burning bush—on fire and consuming but not consumed.
A Holy Spirit Story: Jesus, Librarian of My Life
Jesus wants to fill up every space, open every locked door, and embrace every tender bit of brokenness in us.
Now to Him . . .
We want to be established in the gospel of Jesus Christ; the gospel who is Jesus Christ.
Romans 16:19 Says . . .
The declaration that God will crush Satan under your feet is not a war cry, it’s a victory lap.
A Closing Zinger
False teaching, while often cloaked in plausible shifts in interpretive methodology, is usually driven by an attempt to accommodate the expansion of human appetites and novel ideologies.
Love Always Has a Name
It’s one of the little ways of the love of Jesus—making much of other people, celebrating them by speaking their name.
Phoebe Was a Rockstar
Women are fully invited and invested in God’s kingdom to claim their callings and vocations to serve and lead at every level.
A Holy Spirit Story: The Warrior Princess
Acts 1:8 (NIV) “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and
The Bond of a Band vs. The Rope of Sand
The church actually rises and falls based on the bonds between us.
Ask Me about My Band
Not only does Jesus preserve lives through a band, but he also transforms and teaches us what real love is—how to receive it and give it.