Do you wrestle with your past, worry about your future, and fail to enjoy your present? Through real restoration, no matter how it hurts, no matter what it costs, and no matter what it means, God makes us useful and profitable in all aspects of life. John 21:15-25 Jesus and Peter 15 When they had…
Encountering a man blind from birth, the disciples assumed that the cause for his blindness must have been someone’s sin. Jesus, however, told them that his blindness was so that the work of God might be displayed in him. The remedy for our spiritual blindness is receiving spiritual sight as an undeserved gift from the Lord…
Why are so few people truly happy? As we study the book of Ecclesiastes, we will discover that learning, pleasure, laughter, and material possessions cannot satisfy our longing to know the meaning of life. All of our pursuits are stained by sin, and we cannot discover life, that is truly life, apart from the God…
This message draws out the implications of creation and the Fall on the place of work and authority in human experience. Work is a gift of God that has been damaged by the Fall, but must be used for the believer’s growth in grace. 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be…
Looking at the experience of God’s OT as they approached and endured the Exile, I want us to see that sin always leads to ruin, but God is faithful to and with His Word. He calls to repentance in order that He might restore fully. 4 “In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, the people…
A world without the Word of God is disordered and destructive at all levels. Order only comes when God is given His rightful place at all levels of society.