Obediently Following Jesus

Obediently Following Jesus

Palm Sunday celebrates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.  As we look back at that historic event, we read in Matthew 21 that as Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem and

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Witnesses

Witnesses

We read in Acts 1:8, “You will be my witnesses.”  That’s what evangelism means. Evangelism is taken from the Greek word, euangelion, which simply means good news.  So, evangelism is announcing

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Lift Up Your Hearts

Lift Up Your Hearts

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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Will You Be an Elijah?

Will You Be an Elijah?

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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God Reveals Himself

God Reveals Himself

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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Adopted by God

Adopted by God

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 Antidote to SIN

The Antidote to SIN

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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