Redemption 101 Part 2: Abraham and Sara – Faith | Genesis 12, 15-18, 22
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Redemption 101 Part 2: Abraham and Sara – Faith | Genesis 12, 15-18, 22

The conditions after the fall went from bad to worse but God choose life for us instead of death by giving us grace to redeem us. In Genesis 3:15 God promised to send a Savior to crush the serpent on the head even though he himself would be bruised. In spite of organized humanity’s failures, God called a man of faith, Abram to become the channel of blessing to all nations, and through him form a people that would eventually bring our Lord and Savior. We are now invited to choose life by joining his people of faith in this humanly impossible journey because, after all, by faith in his promises, what is impossible for men is possible for God.

Redemption 101 Part 1: Abram and Sara – Faith in the seed of the woman | Gen 3-22
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Redemption 101 Part 1: Abram and Sara – Faith in the seed of the woman | Gen 3-22

The conditions after the fall went from bad to worse but God choose life for us instead of death by giving us grace to redeem us. In Genesis 3:15 God promised to send a Savior to crush the serpent on the head even though he himself would be bruised. In spite of organized humanity’s failures, God called a man of faith, Abram to become the channel of blessing to all nations, and through him form a people that would eventually bring our Lord and Savior. We are now invited to choose life by joining his people of faith in this humanly impossible journey because, after all, by faith in his promises, what is impossible for men is possible for God.

The Fall | Genesis 3-11
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The Fall | Genesis 3-11

God’s life-giving plan ordained for us a flourishing and fruitful existence through the exercise of our stewardship, the relationships in our community, and our capacity to participate in the beauty of God’s holiness. Nevertheless, humanity chooses idolatry, alienation, and death instead. Through sin, God’s provisions for humanity to choose life were rejected and instead, we chose death.

Who will you trust to get you through? | Luke 24:13-49
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Who will you trust to get you through? | Luke 24:13-49

A while ago I read a sign that said to not take life too seriously, since we are not going to get out of it alive after all. Life is rarely a walk in the park but it is in the moments of hardship and difficulty that God wants to come alongside to show us that not even death can separate us from his love. In those moments of difficulty, who will you trust to get you through? More than a manual of good principles and morality, the Bible is God’s life-giving story through Jesus Christ. Because of what Jesus has done for us, we are now able to choose life in spite of our spiritual blindness, Jesus is the One we can trust to get us safely through this valley of death.

The story of two Journeys | Psalm 1
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The story of two Journeys | Psalm 1

To be life-giving we must first be life-receiving. In God’s story all life originates in God. God created the world by his Word and it is his Word that sustains our lives and gives us a chance to choose life. Psalm 1 outlines the first steps of our journey. In God’s economy, choosing life begins with trusting and treasuring God’s word.

The Song of Hope
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The Song of Hope

Sin has bound the world in chains of despair, creating in us a void that nothing on earth can fill. How can we stand firm, living as witnesses to the truth that Jesus alone is the way to everlasting hope?

The Reason He Came ::: He Same So That We May Have Abundant Life
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The Reason He Came ::: He Same So That We May Have Abundant Life

Thieves wait patiently for an opportunity to take away from others what is valuable and desirable. There is nothing more valuable than life itself. Satan, the thief, like a spiritual parasite preys on the unsuspecting sheep that wander away from the Shepherd’s flock. Once in his clutches, all hope seems lost, but that is precisely the reason why Jesus came. When the Enemy seeks to steal, kill, and destroy, Jesus, the Good Shepherd, came to give us life, and life to the full.

The Reason He Came ::: He Came to Give His Life as a Ransom for Many
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The Reason He Came ::: He Came to Give His Life as a Ransom for Many

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, long before the internet and the wonders of GPS, lived a people that used printed maps to get around. Sometimes when a map was not readily available, people would stop and ask for directions. Some of them hated asking for directions and instead chose to find things their own way. Many who chose to do so ended up inevitably lost. To be lost is to desperately seek direction but find none. Spiritually, the lost heart longs for God but is unable to find its way back to him. Proud and unable to ask for direction, the lost heart is searching for all the right things in all the wrong ways. That is why Jesus came. He came to give us the direction we desperately need but many times don’t want to hear. He came to tell us we are lost but do not need to remain so.

The Reason He Came ::: He Came to Seek and Save the Lost
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The Reason He Came ::: He Came to Seek and Save the Lost

Modern Humanity is stuck. In spite of the fact that we can search the stars above and explore the secrets of the microscopic world, we are stuck. We are stuck with our longings for eternity and undying youth. We are stuck with our inability to keep the moral standards we know are right. We are stuck with the problem of evil and suffering, with sickness war, and death. We are stuck because we cannot save ourselves from ourselves. We need to be rescued, but to be rescued a ransom must be provided to make right what has been wrong. That is why Jesus came. In a world where everyone seems entitled to their own desires, Jesus came to serve. In a world where everyone takes, he came to give. He came to give his life as a ransom for the many who cannot save themselves from themselves.