What we have today in God’s Word is an invitation to receive grace and peace through Jesus Christ. We learned about three sources of these gifts from God last week (see “The Source of Grace and Peace“) and now we’ll zoom in on the third source: Jesus Christ. Through Christ, God wants to give us […]
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Last week, we were introduced to the book of Revelation as a revelation and a prophecy. Revelation, though, is a bit of a conglomeration between a couple different genres. Today, we’ll look at this book as a letter from the apostle John. So let’s dive right into it: Revelation 1:4-5. Revelation as a Letter John
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During the Advent Season, we’re going to be in the book of Revelation each Sunday. This is probably the most fascinating and intimidating book in the Bible, and it will do several things for us as we study it. In relation to Advent, we’ll be reminded of how profoundly awesome it was that Jesus came
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Moving deeper into the Thanksgiving season, our passage today will push us a step further than we usually go as we think about giving thanks. It’ll give us a uniquely Christian approach to thanksgiving and point us to the highest expression of gratitude. If you think about thanksgiving in terms of levels, there are probably
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What we believe is what we consider to be true, reliable and trustworthy. And our lives flow from our beliefs. Looking back, you can probably see how the things you did and the decisions you made were influenced by what you thought was true and reliable. Take news outlets, for example. If you believe Rush
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Today, we’re just going to jump right into the Scripture. Our passage is Genesis 14, which describes a war and Abram functioning more like a warlord. Here’s a quick summary of the first 10 verses: Five kings (Bera, Birsha, Shinab, Shemeber and “the king of Bela”) were serving a king named Chedorlaomer. The five kings
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