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True Rest in the God who Helps “ In this season of uncertainty, where our first-world idols of health and wealth have proven to be flimsy, I have been forced to seek solace in the power of my Maker. I have learned that even if I stop working, the world is sustained by a Helper who does not…
From the blog: Don’t Give Up The Ordinary People God Chose “At times, the local church can seem to us like a sporting event to a non-athlete, or a baking show to a microwave cook, or a book club to someone who doesn’t like to read. It can seem like a big fuss over something…
Anyone feeling discouraged? Everywhere I look I’m confronted with dark realities about this cursed world we live in. I turn on the news to get the latest on the Coronavirus and see the rising death toll. I login to social media and see someone desperately trying to raise funds to pay for a child battling…
Colossians 2:16-17: Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. After laying out the work of Christ through his death and…
From the blog: Practice Self-Discipline What is the Attractional Church? “But when attraction becomes the primary mission, you tend to use whatever works to attract them…What you win people with is what you win them to. The best motives in the world cannot sanctify unbiblical methods.” When Your Prayers Lack Words “Prayerlessness feels like wanting to…
“Why am I doing this?” It’s a question I often ask myself mid-run. I was on mile eight and had about four more to go. My legs were already tight and the hill before me loomed large. As I made my way uphill my thighs screamed for more oxygen causing my heart to beat faster…
Colossians 2:15: He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. Paul continues to explain what Christ has accomplished through his work. The cross and resurrection of Christ not only defeated our sin, but also all of the evil forces. Perhaps the false teachers were telling…
From the blog: Flattery is Not Encouragement Waiting on the Lord is Not a Waste “Why is waiting so difficult? Because it feels as if we’re not doing anything. And that’s the point. You’re not doing anything, but God is. However, waiting is one of the greatest applications of the Christian faith. You are putting…
Colossians 2:14: …by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. The previous verse argued that Christ has made us alive and forgiven us all our trespasses. This verse provides further explanation as to how something so wonderful has happened. He…
Colossians 2:13: And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses… Before we were in Christ we were spiritually dead. This death was the result of our trespasses. The wages of sin is death and we are all…