Reader, have you come to "the sprinkled blood"? The question is not whether you have come to a knowledge of doctrine or an observance of ceremonies or to a certain form of experience, but have you come to the blood of Jesus?
Read More(Psalm 105:15; 1 Samuel 24:10) In a time like this of tolerance, listen, false teaching will always cry intolerance; it will always say you’re being divisive, you’re being unloving, you’re being ungracious, because it can only survive when it doesn’t get scrutinized. And so it cries against any intolerance. It cries against any examination, any scrutiny.
Read MoreHow can we possibly believe in the actual resurrection of Christ? How do we know it even happened at all? The implications, either way, are earth shattering.
Read MoreWhile popular culture ties baby chicks, bunnies, and colorful eggs to Easter, followers of Christ know that Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of our Messiah. They know that His short life here on earth was not happenstance. God the Father did not decide as an afterthought that His Son would pay the price for our sins. No, long before there even was an earth, God knew that Jesus would ...
Read MoreGenesis 6:8 says, “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” How was Noah saved? By grace. The only way that anybody has ever been saved in the history of the world is by grace. God only has one plan of salvation from beginning to end, and that is grace.
Read MorePrior to 2016, if you were a native of Cleveland, Ohio, involved in a discussion of sports with a group of new friends, you received sympathy. The city is home to three professional sports franchises—basketball, baseball, and football. Through 2015, those teams had gone 147 combined seasons without a national championship. Clevelanders self-identified as losers when it came to professional sports.
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Today on Discover the Word, the group is joined by special guest and author John Cortines. They’ll be discussing the topic of “God and Money,” as John shares how he discovered something he didn’t expect at Harvard Business School. Listen today to Discover the Word!
Read MoreA Sunday School teacher was talking to her class about forgiveness. She asked her students what a person needs to do to receive forgiveness from God. There was a moment of silence, and then a little boy raised his hand and said, “You have to sin.”
Read MoreIn Luke’s gospel we see that a true follower of Christ is someone who loves other people unconditionally, who persists in spite of suffering, and who refuses to be attached to material things. In Luke’s gospel Jesus says there will be many people who will be surprised on Judgment Day when they are denied entrance into the kingdom of God. They will cry out, “Lord, Lord, how could you not ...
Read MoreIf you’ve ever been to the gym at the new year (or even on a Monday), you’ll notice it’s a bit more crowded than usual. Whatever cookies one indulged in—or 5:00 a.m. exercise classes were missed—they are long forgotten. It’s a new day, and everyone has a bolstered sense of motivation and purpose.
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