From the Blog
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The Commandments
Some of us view the Ten Commandments like a “ladder” that we have to climb to reach God. Yet as we labor to climb it, we either collapse in guilt or puff up in legalism. We need to realize that the Law isn’t a ladder to earn God’s love. It was given as a way…
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The Crossing (Exodus)
We all eventually find ourselves standing on the shore of our own ‘Red Sea.’ We all know what it feels like to be trapped between a past that’s chasing us down and a future that looks like an impossible wall to cross over. Whether it’s the shadow of a mistake you can’t outrun or a…
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The Covenant
Because we live in a “contract world,” we often treat God like a “contract God.” We feel that if we have a bad week or a season of doubt, the deal is off. We live in fear that we’ve broken the contract and God is going to “evict” us from His grace. We default to…
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The Catastrophe (Flood)
Have you ever looked at the world and wondered, “How bad does it have to get before God does something?” Violence, corruption, moral confusion… it can feel like evil is winning and God is silent. Genesis 6–9 shows us that God is never indifferent to sin, but He is also never absent in mercy. Moses…
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The Creation (and the Fall)
If we don’t understand the beginning of the story, we will misunderstand everything that comes after it. We won’t understand: who we really are, why the world is so broken, or why Jesus had to come. Genesis 1–3 is not just the start of the Bible, it’s the foundation of reality. If we get the…
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A Vision for the World
Today we’re talking about the HARVEST—how God wants us to have His vision for the world. And what is God’s vision for the world? Jesus tells us in Mark 16:15: “And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.'” This is God’s vision for the church.…
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A Vision for Your Work
People often find their identity in their work, in their resume or in their bio. If your vision for work is only about the “gain” on your resume, you will eventually hit a “Now what?” wall. Two thousand years ago, the Apostle Paul showed us how to move past that wall. Writing from a Roman…
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A Vision for Your Family
Without a vision for your life from God, life slowly loses direction and purpose. Most homes, and churches, don’t fall apart all at once. They drift. Conversations get shorter. Patience gets thinner. And many of us are exhausted, not because we don’t care, but because we’re trying to hold relationships together with our own strength.…
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A Vision for Your Life
Some of us may feel like we have no vision for our life at all. We’re drifting, reacting, just trying to get through life. Others of us do have a vision, but it may be unclear, incomplete, or even in conflict with God’s purposes. We know what we want, where we’re going, and how we…
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The Incarnation
The INFINITE became an INFANT. The ETERNAL ONE entered human history. At Christmas, we celebrate the staggering truth that the One who CREATED all things stepped into His own CREATION. God did not send a MESSAGE from heaven, He sent the MESSIAH, His one and only Son, Jesus Christ––God in the flesh! But here’s the…