Jesus came to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10). He demonstrated His love for us in that while we were still sinners, He died for us (Romans 5:9). Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. (Rom 10:13)…
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Why should you love your church? Because Jesus loves the church. Ultimately, your church doesn’t belong to you or to anyone else in it. It belongs to Jesus. In Matthew 16:18, Jesus said…
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Love your neighbor. From Moses to Jesus to Paul, it is a persistent theme through the Scriptures. It reflects God’s design for us. We were made to be in relationship with God and others. We were made to love God and love our neighbor…
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What is your posture to the world around you? Not so much the thoughts, ideas, and headlines of the world, but the people? Matthew 9:36 tells us that when Jesus saw the crowd, “he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless…
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Jesus came proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom of God (Mark 1:14–15). The church is commissioned to proclaim the gospel among the nations (Luke 24:44-48). The church is to be rooted and built up in the gospel (Ephesians 2). The gospel is to be of first importance in our lives…
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Matthew 4:1-11 takes us to the heart of gospel. For the cross of Christ to be sufficient to pay the price for our sins, there must a sinless Christ to hang upon it. Matthew 4 tells us of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness for forty days and nights. This was no accident…
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In his book A Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer, John Piper lays out a few different reasons we fast…
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As we begin 2023, our vision as a church is to keep our focus on proclaiming the gospel and making disciples. Yet, we must never forget that our mission must be preceded by our devotion. When we consider what God has called us to…
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