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We each build in our own way on the foundation of Christ; we each have a role to play in God’s church, and through it all it is God who “gives the growth”. Read More →

The importance of remembering what God has done, to give us the proper orientation for our future. A prime example of this is the remembrance of Jesus’ sacrifice that we do in Communion. Read More →

In true humility, recognizing our need for God, we are lifted up in God’s grace. Read More →

Like Abraham or the disciples, everyone believer’s life is “unfinished,” in that we never arrive at a completion of all that we aim to be about. We find our fulfillment, however, in the place that we have in God’s everlasting purposes. Read More →

God works through ordinary people in extraordinary ways.  The examples in today’s Scriptures are Shiphrah, Puah, Jochebed, Miriam, and Pharaoh’s daughter. Read More →

We are urged throughout the Bible not to think we have “arrived” in faith but to keep pressing on to “know the Lord.” Read More →

We need to recognize that we are sojourners on this earth, so that we ground our lives in the eternal, rather than being trapped in the trivialities or problems of the present. Read More →

We are brought to spiritual wholeness through Christ. Read More →

The Biblical picture of what we will be in heaven. Read More →

There are striking parallels between Abraham’s testing with Isaac and what happens on Mt. Calvary. When there seems no way out, God provides the way. Read More →

We are called to pray and act in Jesus’ name, which means doing so in harmony with Jesus, in accord with Jesus’ empowerment and will. Read More →

The power of Christ frees us from negative forces. Read More →

We are called to decisive action, to live for God and use what we have for God’s purposes. Read More →

Self-denial means being detached from things that are useless in order that you can be attached to Christ. Read More →

Fullness of spiritual life develops only as we are “connected to the vine” – joined with Christ. Read More →