"So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing Himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely...
"Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey-whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? . . . You have been set free from sin and have become...
Have you ever been to the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan? If you have, then you have probably already encountered the Chapel Rock, which makes up part of the Pictured Rocks National Park along the shore of Lake Superior. Though there are many beautiful rock...
"We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we're certainly going to go through the good times with him!" (Rom 8:17b, MSG)Let's be honest: Do we prefer bad times or good times?Imagine if we had good times all the...
"But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won't know what we're talking about. But for you who...
"For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live." (Rom 8:13, NIV2)This reminds me of another text: "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or...
"All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it's not only around us; it's within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We're also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren...