Easter Sunday is not just a spring holiday enjoyed with flowers and bunnies, but it is when Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. (Read Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, or John 20.) Apart from the resurrection, the Church would not exist and there would be no hope for Christians. The resurrection is the […]
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A question that many of us have asked at some time in our lives is, “Why do bad things happen to good and godly people?” There is no way to deny that there is evil and suffering in this world – and that it affects Christians. This is one of the greatest challenges to our
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This is a warning from a pastor to the church: THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH TO AVOID. You may think that this contradicts the second most important command to love your neighbor as yourself. But it doesn’t. Sometimes service to others demands that we avoid certain people. In Romans 16:17, Paul writes, “I appeal
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God has been teaching us what to believe and what to do. In this verse, he teaches us how to be. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Romans 12:11 Note the underlying assumption that one can change the way they are. We are expected to respond obediently to
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Romans 10:5-13 Here’s the big idea: For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes (Romans 10:4). Paul has been arguing that many Jews rejected Jesus because they didn’t understand God’s absolute righteousness. They thought they could be righteous enough by their own attempt to obey the law, so they
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Romans 10:1-4 There are two reasons many Jews rejected Jesus: ignorant zeal and DIY righteousness. 1. Ignorant Zeal For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. (v.2) They had a rich lifestyle of God-ward zeal. They had daily, weekly, monthly, annual religious customs. But their zeal was based
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