What does it mean that the Thessalonian Christians were called “the elect of God”? How do we know if we are the elect? Does God choose us? Or do we also have a free Will to choose? Is faith a work? And how can we reconcile God’s sovereign will and man’s free will? We must […]

Deut 4:9-23. On the banks of the Jordan, on the Plains of Moab, a new generation gathered to hear Moses’ last farewell address before crossing over to the Promised Land. Moses had to prepare them for a new beginning, a fresh start, the next chapter. As we embark on a new year, we can find […]

Neh 8:13-20. After searching the scriptures, the fathers and priests acted on the Word by observing the Feast of Tabernacles and the people responded in faith and obedience, by building booths. May our faith and obedience be seen by others in our lives as we are not hearers only, but doers of the Word. 

Neh 7:1-73. Often we can lose sight of our purpose & identity as Christians. This happened to God’s people, Israel, time and time again. Nehemiah needed to show his generation that they were part of God’s continuing story and plan. This was now their time and chapter to move forward by faith. May we also […]

Gal 5:16-25. The key to the Christian life is learning to yield to the Indwelling Spirit in us. Many Christians wrestle with the passions, cravings, and desires of sin, trying to get victory in their own strength, but we are told that if we walk in the Spirit, we will not fulfill the lusts of […]

Gal 3:15-29. What purpose does the law serve? If the blessing to Abraham is by promise and justification is by faith, then why does the law do? Paul teaches here that the law reveals our sin and need that we would come to Christ by faith. 

Gal 3:1-5. The false teachers (Judaizers) in Galatia were challenging Paul’s gospel of grace. Paul masterfully asks the Galatians 5 rhetorical questions, relating to their own experience, that vindicate the grace gospel. What personal experience do we have to show how the grace gospel holds up?

Colossians 1:3-8. Do you remember the day you first heard about grace? When it became clear and you really understood it? How powerful that day was. Even within the 4 walls of some churches today people have not heard “the word of the truth of the gospel”. Oh we are thankful for the gospel of […]

Gen 28:12-19. How easy it is to live a natural life and to settle only for the earthly. But we are designed for more than that. We have a heavenly and holy calling. Jacob renamed LUZ to be called BETHEL, calling a common place Holy. We must learn to do the same.

Ezek 37:11-12, Job 14:7-9. We do not know what the future holds, but we know him who holds the future. Though there may be much fear and uncertainty in these strange days, the Christian is given a living hope through the promises, both for this life and beyond.