Sunday Message: Exile Arc -- 1 Peter 3:17-22 -- The Grace Of Exile #19
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Archival Post & Podcast: How Your Future Resurrection Can Impact Your Today
How Your Future Resurrection Can Impact Your Today
Archival Post & Podcast
Christ’s resurrection secured the future resurrection of his people. Believers have hope and confidence and surety and resolve that their bodies will experience redemption. We will put off the man of dust and put on the man of heaven. We will be remade, renewed, reformed in the image of our resurrected Savior.
Read moreLeviticus 11-12
One of the first things to notice in this new section of Leviticus, a section where God will declare to Moses and Aaron what is clean and unclean, what is appropriate and inappropriate for God's people, what makes them ceremonially clean and what makes them ceremonially unclean. One of the first things is that, Aaron, is addressed by God right alongside Moses. This is rare throughout the book of Leviticus. Normally, God addresses and Moses then hands down the dictates to Aaron, and of course, to the rest of the nation.
Read moreHow God’s Love Is Perfected in You – Know the Trinitarian Love of God (1 John 4:13–16)
How God’s Love Is Perfected in You – Know the Trinitarian Love of God
(1 John 4:13–16)
When John wrote his gospel, he used a fascinating title when speaking of himself. He called himself, often, the disciple whom Jesus loved. (7 Minutes/1700 Words)
Read moreCain’s Line (Genesis 4:18-24)
Cain’s Line
(Genesis 4:18-24)
In the next chapter of Genesis, we will trace the descendants of Adam through Seth. The seventh from Adam is named Enoch, and he is pictured as abundantly righteous. In this passage, we are tracing the line of Cain. The seventh from Cain is abundantly unrighteous. His name is Lamech. (4 Minutes/1000 Words)
Read moreExile Suffering - 1 Peter 3:13-16 - The Grace of Exile #18
Exile Suffering - 1 Peter 3:13-16 - The Grace of Exile #18
Read moreArchival Post: From Groans to Glory
From Groans to Glory
Archival Post
The creation can't wait for this all to end. It was subjected to futility because of sin. It groans for its redemption. But creation isn't the only one who groans. So do we, those of us who've tasted the firstfruits of the Spirit.
Read moreThe Origin of Truth and Love - Love One Another (1 John 4:7-12)
The Origin of Truth and Love - Love One Another
(1 John 4:7-12)
Once again, John takes us back to a main theme of his: let us love one another. He's not like Paul, who was more linear in his arguments. Instead, John is systematically spiraling in his logic. He's introduced love, talked about it a fair bit, but is now ready to do a deep dive. (8 Minutes/2000 Words)
Read moreCain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-17)
Cain and Abel
(Genesis 4:1-17)
Here, we learn Adam knew Eve, which is the Bible's way of saying they knew one another in the act of sex . As an aside, this should be instructive concerning sex. To God, sex isn't the mere collision of bodies who are out for a good time. Instead, though it should be clear because of the design of our sexual organs, God designed sex to be intensely pleasurable, but he always thought of it as a major expression of an intimate relationship. A married couple is to know one another. (10 Minutes/2500 Words)
Read moreExile Helps - 1 Peter 3:8-12 - The Grace of Exile #17
Exile Helps - 1 Peter 3:8-12 - The Grace of Exile #17
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