“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” (Rom 5:1-2 NIV)Peace in a...
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,...
"Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of...
"You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we...
"Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned . . . But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's...
When we were still newlyweds, my wife’s best friend invited us over to spend the evening with them. We had no idea that someone else was also invited, someone who would explain to us the multi-level marketing opportunity of the century. Unsure what to do, we thought,...
We found ourselves in a 4WD vehicle on the sands of the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. Our purpose was to find and admire the wild horses living there; however, most of the people on the beach were there for a different reason: to admire the sun and the sand!It...