Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Soon, Very Soon

REVELATION 21:1-4 – Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne…

This is the Christian Life

2 TIMOTHY 2:8 – Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel.” The whole of the Christian life is summed up in the first three words of today’s scripture–Remember Jesus Christ. I know this sounds simple because it is, but it is also truly the whole of the Christian life. It is like the…

Love Hurts

The greatest Christian ever to live who invested so much in the lives of other Christians with a sincere, sacrificial, and costly love is in prison. All the believers he influenced; all those he personally brought to Christ, where are they in his time of great need? Gone.

A Real and Living Jesus

1 TIMOTHY 3:16 – Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.” It is easy to do but a real danger to do. If we allow this to occur, we lose a lot in our…