We read in 1 John 4:9, “In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live
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When John Calvin wrote a liturgy for the Lord’s Supper, he introduced something that had been in the church for a thousand years called the Sursum corda, which in Latin
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We read in 1 Kings 19:19, “Elijah went over to [Elisha] and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away.” Elisha did not ask Elijah to be his
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Do you ever get so overly busy that you lose sight of what is of supreme importance? How easy it is for us to become so arrogant that we actually
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Can you conceive of God on your own? I want to suggest that on our own devices, we cannot think or conceive of God. It is like we read in
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We read in 1 Peter 2:9: “You are a chosen race a royal priesthood . . .” ALL Christians belong to a priesthood. You are priests. You have the calling
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We read in Ephesians 1:5, “[God] predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ.” God has adopted us as his children. Now I want to address a common misconception
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The Westminster Shorter Catechism states that sin is “any want of conformity unto, or transgression of the law of God.” This echoes 1 John 3:4, “sin is lawlessness.” Most of
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In Acts 5, the early apostles were arrested and put in the public prison. But then they were freed after an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors. The
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