Worldviews are complex. In this post we talk about how to be Kingdom case-makers who engage the whole person with the good news of Jesus!
We Do Not Perish: Lamentations 3:22-27
Lamentations 3:22–27 (CSB) — 22 Because of the LORD’s faithful love we do not perish, for his mercies never end. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness! 24 I say, “The LORD is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in him.” 25 The LORD is good to those who wait …
The LORD Sustains me: Psalm 3:5-8
Psalm 3:5–8 (CSB) — 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again because the LORD sustains me. 6 I will not be afraid of thousands of people who have taken their stand against me on every side. 7 Rise up, LORD! Save me, my God! You strike all my enemies on the cheek; you …
Deity of the Holy Spirit: Eternality
ETERNALITY Hebrews 9:14 (CSB) — 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God? ~~~~~~~ One of the hidden gems of Scripture is found in a text where the incomparable …
The God Who Hears: Acts 12:1-25
https://soundcloud.com/david-i-453005345/god-who-hears-acts-12-1-25 SETTING Our story begins by carrying forward the story that began in chapter seven with the persecution of Christians that broke out after Stephen was martyred, and advancing the narrative about what happened to those Christians who were forced to flee from their homes into Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch. The apostle Paul came to …
Christmas Hope
MATTHEW 12:21 “ AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE.” Quite simply put, Jesus is the name that we entrust all our hope to. And hope is something you take hold of by faith, and faith is something that comes through hearing, and hearing come through the Word of God. Hope is growing dimmer and dimmer for many …
Thanksgiving Grace & Joy
Thanksgiving is a time to realize grace and express joy to the Lord for His provision. It is also an attitude from which overflows humility, gratitude, and immense thanksgiving because of the abundant provision that He has made for us. We stop to reflect on the grace of the Lord shown to us. Thanksgiving (the Holiday) …
Thanksgiving Hope
The harvest represents not only the fruit of our labors, but also the seed of our hope. We have a harvest because we labored to plant the seeds of our future in the hope that God would send the rain and provide the sun in just the right proportions that we might gather in due …
The Gospel: Salvation and Hope
The Gospel Declared The gospel has been heralded for many ages in God’s Word and it has been the summation of His revealed will since the beginning. With extreme specificity God declared through His prophet Micah His word saying, “‘But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah (lower Bethlehem), Too little to be among the clans of …