In your marriage and in your Christian life, it’s not law but love that matters: The law says, “You must.” Love says, “I want to.” Before you come to Christ, you are on a continual performance standard, trying to do more in order to win God’s approval. But through Christ you discover that God loves you in spite of your failure.
Text: Romans 7:1-6Certain subjects are of perennial interest to thoughtful Christians. Whenever a pastor deals with one of those subjects, he knows […]
Text: Romans 6:8-14There are many reasons people give for not becoming a Christian. Most of those reasons are in the form of […]
Text: Romans 6:1-7You can’t out-sin the grace of God.
Text: Romans 5:15-21You can do “all things” if you rely on Jesus Christ. Not on your own strength, not on your own power, not on your own wisdom, and not on your own ability to figure things out. But if you will say, “Lord Jesus, this year I’m relying on you,” you can do all things through Christ.
Text: Philippians 4:13God shouldn’t love us, but he does. This is the wonder of the ages.
Text: Romans 5:6-11A number of years ago a major American magazine published the results of a most fascinating survey. The editors had […]
Text: Romans 5:1-5Our final study in the life of Jacob is different from all the rest. When we began, he was still […]
Text: Genesis 49:10; Luke 1:33“Fear not that your life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.” John […]
Text: Genesis 48-50Which is more difficult? To forgive or to be forgiven? You could argue it either way. If you say it’s […]
Text: Genesis 32-33