Topic: Grace

The only one actually qualified to condemn someone is the sinless Jesus, yet He offers transformation instead. Grace is radical and transformative and should inform the way we view ourselves…

Jesus asks Peter "Do you love me?" three times, redeeming the three times that Peter denied Jesus. Jesus asks a simple and searching question to restore relationship and purpose.   …

Joseph's reconciliation with his brothers is a snapshot of an even better Jesus, who pursues us to reconcile us to himself not because we deserve it but because his heart…

The upper story and lower stories collide when Joseph's brothers return to Egypt. We see shadows of what confession and repentance can look like when Judah takes ownership of his…

Was Jacob's life a failure or a success? As Jacob reflects on his own life, we see that his failures and shortcomings don't determine God's view of him. You don't…

Isaac can be seen as a spiritual failure and a failure as a father, yet God did not set His love upon us because we are deserving. God chose us…

If one verse summarizes the entire Old Testament, it is this: "Where is the lamb?" When God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, Abraham trusted that God would…

There is no special place of influence or honor in the kingdom of heaven. Jesus uses two parables to communicate the lavish grace and incredible love of God that blows…

The scandal of the Christmas story is that we have a holy God who incarnated for a fallen mankind. God, in His grace, in His love, did not leave us…

King Manasseh was the son of Hezekiah, one of the godliest kings to ever sit on the throne in Jerusalem. Yet Manasseh is regarded as the most evil king to…

For us, membership is not about receiving benefits from a denomination for the number of members we have. It’s about the elders knowing who they are responsible for and the…

Paul’s number one priority was the spread of the gospel, and he asks for prayer that nothing would hinder it. He also speaks to the issue of some of the…