February 8, 2015
Christ showed great kindness in salvation. In mercy He makes rebels into disciples, his children.
February 1, 2015
God is often described as “gracious and merciful” (Ps 111:4). The pairing shows God’s undeserved favor out of a heart that knows our need and seeks to bring relief.
January 25, 2015
We are not at the mercy of Satan or the world. Our God rules! We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
January 18, 2015
The One who is “high and lifted up” (57:15) tells us all we need to know about him. We need an accurate estimation of the Almighty. Isaiah had a hard message for a hard people. He needed a high view of God to sustain him in difficult ministry.
January 11, 2015
Jehovah-God claims to be the maker and sustainer of all things! Creation and its Creator impacts our gospel and faith.
January 4, 2015
Throughout Acts Luke wants us to see the work of the risen Lord through his church. The church is not a building…or a program either. It’s a body, a bride, a living voice testifying to the glory and power of God.
December 28, 2014
God’s greatest gift—His gospel grace—equips us and encourages us to share that gift with responsibility and without reservation.
December 21, 2014
Jesus came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets, to offer the Kingdom and himself, and to seek and save the lost.
December 14, 2014
Who is this Jesus we celebrate at Christmas? John tells us that he is the eternally existing God, the Creator of the universe, the Giver of life, and the Light—the Savior—of the world!
December 7, 2014
Luke never lets us lose sight of his real purpose—to show that the risen Christ kept the gospel message going farther and farther out. Paul was in Rome because his mission was to be a witness to Jews, Gentiles, and Kings… “to the end of the earth” (1:8).