Romans 5:11Paul says that believers do not merely accept reconciliation quietly; they boast in God through Jesus Christ, through whom this restoration of favor has been received.Sunday's message close...  Read More

1 Corinthians 12:12-13Paul describes the church as one body made up of many different parts, all baptized by one Spirit into one unified whole, regardless of background or origin.Sunday's message was ...  Read More

1 John 4:18John writes that perfect love leaves no room for fear, because fear is connected to the expectation of punishment, and those who are fully rooted in God's love are freed from that dread.Fea...  Read More

Romans 5:9-10Paul declares that if God reconciled us to himself while we were still his enemies, actively hostile toward him, how much more will he sustain and save us now that we have been brought ne...  Read More

Romans 5:6-8 -- Paul reminds us that Christ did not wait for us to become worthy; he died for the ungodly while we were still weak, still sinning, still in rebellion.It is one thing to love someone wh...  Read More

Romans 8:31-39 Nothing—absolutely nothing—can separate you from God's love in Christ Jesus. Not death, not diagnosis, not depression, not dementia, not distance. God loves you with an everlasting love...  Read More

Luke 11:9-13The dry bones didn't come to life until the Spirit breathed upon them. Jesus promises that the Father loves to give the Holy Spirit to those who ask. Perhaps you've been trying to manufact...  Read More

Hebrews 6:13-20In the valley of dry bones, three things remained: faith, hope, and love. Hebrews tells us that hope is "an anchor of the soul" that "cannot slip and cannot break down under whatever pr...  Read More

Ezekiel 37:1-14The Israelites declared, "Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost. We are cut off." Yet God still called them "my people." Even in your driest valley, you remain His beloved child. ...  Read More

Jonah 2:1-10Jonah prayed from the belly of the whale, "I shall look again upon your holy temple," even when his circumstances seemed impossible. He chose praise before deliverance. How often do we wai...  Read More

Romans 8:18-25Creation groans under sin's weight—we feel it in cancer, division, addiction, and death. C.S. Lewis wrote that if nothing in this world satisfies, we were made for another world. But we ...  Read More

Romans 8:31-39Paul uses generic terms—length, width, height, depth—because God's love transcends measurement. How wide? Wide enough to reach every person (John 3:16). How long? Nothing can separate us...  Read More