Grace? What is it? Amazing? Really? Grace—God takes the initiative to give us something we don’t deserve. Amazing? Yes, precisely because we are so undeserving. Who breaks the power of sin and darkness? God created us to live in perfect harmony with Him. But, just like our ancestors who rebelled against God, we chose to go our…
So for the sake of His people, God came. He knew we needed Him, and He was able to save us.
Nearly 30 years ago, Phil Vischer created the animated series VeggieTales. In 2003, he lost control of the brand, and the series strayed from their original Christian roots. But that's all about to change.
We know that evil exists and we shouldn’t follow it, but that can be easier said than done.
It’s when we feel we’ve reached our lowest point yet, or when death is approaching those we love that we call to mind the words of Romans 8:35-39
Your old self is buried and gone. You are a glorious new creation in Jesus! So walk forward in faith, confident in what God has done and continues to do to make you who you are meant to be.
God has given us His commandments, but somehow we have turned His law from a way to grow closer to him, into a rule book that drives us further away.
To some degree, everybody grows up in a world where love is conditional. I think we have a hard time not projecting that onto God as if He can’t be any different.
The hope we have in Jesus is not a promise to avoid hardship, but rather that God Himself meets us in our hardship and empowers us to overcome our suffering.
As children of God, we have the power and authority to ask for what it is we need and then receive what He has for us.
The heart of Bible study is not just to memorize passages of inspiring words to live by: it's the very personal process of learning who God is, and how much He loves us.
"On the outside it all looked good... but on the inside it was all a wreck." - Ben Fuller
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