It’s impossible to go through life without messing things up, isn’t it. As sinners, we can make wrong decisions throughout our lives that can have major consequences, and the guilt that results can have a devastating impact on our lives. According to Lee Turner in his book, “Grace Discipleship Course“,...
by Larry Browning “Christ in us for others”—This should be every Christian’s motto. “One another” should be one of the key phrases in a believer’s vocabulary. “Love one another” is found at least a dozen times in the New Testament, along with “pray one for another,” “edify one another,” “prefer...
by Larry Browning Luke 5:12-15 – One day while Jesus was in one of the cities, a man covered with leprosy saw Jesus and fell on his face, begging him, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.” So Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying,...
by Larry Browning Note: This is the second and final part of this series (if you have not read the first part, click here to read that now). Legalism desires to add religious performance to grace, thereby appealing to the self-righteous hopes of man. Galatians 3:2-3 says, ”Did you receive the Spirit by the works...
by Brad Jolly Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe how fast 2022 went by. I don’t know how your year has been, but if yours was like mine, it was a mixture of blessings and challenges. So when a new year comes around like we have at our doorstep...
by Larry Browning 2 Peter 3:18 – ”But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” God wants us to know His grace. He wants us to learn about it, and then experience it at work in our lives. Grace has rightly been described as...
by Larry Browning Recently, I was reading a book about Satan and his ways. One thing I learned is that the enemy of truth is subtle and cunning. We shouldn’t be surprised by the increase in lies and spiritual error as we near the return of Christ. The Bible says...
by Brad Jolly In last week’s blog post, we continued the series, “God’s Stewards”, and we looked at how we can properly steward, or manage, the resources that God has entrusted to us. And the week before that, we looked at how we can manage the time that God has...
by Brad Jolly Last week we looked at how God wants us to be stewards of our time. Since we have been redeemed by Christ, He has now called us to be on mission for His kingdom, and that means He is asking us to submit to Him all of...