Adoption
In one sentence: Adoption is God’s gracious act of bringing those who were once His enemies into His family as beloved sons and daughters in Christ. Salvation is far more […]
Tag: salvation
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Justification
In one sentence: Justification is God’s gracious declaration that everyone who trusts in Jesus is forgiven and counted righteous because of what Christ has done. One of the deepest questions […]
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Saved by Grace
In one sentence: Salvation is the gracious work of God from beginning to end, rescuing sinners from guilt, death, and slavery to sin and bringing them into new life with […]
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What is the Gospel?
In one sentence: The gospel is the good news that Jesus Christ is King, that He died for our sins and rose from the dead, and that everyone who turns […]
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Weekly Bible Reading – Week 31
Last week, Isaiah lifted our eyes beyond Judah’s immediate troubles and showed us the glory of God’s coming salvation. We heard promises of comfort, the suffering Servant who would bear […]
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Weekly Bible Reading – Week 30
Last week we stood with Hezekiah while the armies of Assyria surrounded Jerusalem and the threats of Sennacherib seemed impossible to overcome. We watched Hezekiah carry that threatening letter into […]
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The Seriousness of Sin
In one sentence: Sin is not merely brokenness, weakness, or mistake. It is rebellion against God, corruption within us, and ruin around us. We often try to make sin sound […]
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When the Water Finally Flows
There’s something deeply satisfying about fixing something that’s been broken for a long time. This past week, I’ve been buried, sometimes literally, trying to revive an old irrigation system that […]
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8th Corona Letter
It was August 6, 1945 as the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay, approached Hiroshima, Japan. In its payload was “Littleboy” the first atomic bomb ever to be dropped in war time. […]