Baptism is a one-time declaration of a lifetime of devotion to God. No scholar or saint can fully appreciate what this moment means in heaven. Any words on baptism, including these, must be seen as hu...  Read More

Baptism is a beautiful act in which we step into our future and declare we are identifying with Jesus in His death and resurrection. It’s stepping into what God says is true about us. Of course Jesus ...  Read More

In your Baptism, you have received the full forgiveness of all your sin. It has been washed away entirely. Additionally, you’ve been given the Holy Spirit, who now dwells in you, guiding and animating...  Read More

Baptism isn’t something we thought up because we imagined it would be a cool invention. Baptism is a part of our life together as God’s people because Jesus gave Baptism to us as a gift. He commands h...  Read More

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”John 3:16The story of salvation starts with God’s people making a huge er...  Read More

Jesus has taken all of the world’s sin on himself, the one final sacrifice for all people, for all time. The things we do in life will never change what Jesus did on the cross. As we go through the Or...  Read More

“Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses theirlife for me will find it.”Matthew 16:25The life of Christian discipleship aims to follow the pattern of dying to self every day. ...  Read More

Even though each one of us is a beautiful creation of the Lord, there are also offensive ways inside us that need to be dealt with. After the fall into sin, described in Genesis 3, we human beings con...  Read More

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.Romans 3:24Salvation is free! God puts no price tag on the Gift of gifts—it’s free! Preachers are not salesmen, for t...  Read More

I want to be like Jesus. I want you to be like Jesus. We must stop judging the world and being so critical. Let’s just get busy sharing the Good News. We can not expect people who do not know Him to a...  Read More

The whole world needs Jesus, and that means we must share the Good News. To keep it a secret would be criminal. If you knew the cure for Alzheimer’s or AIDS or cancer and you didn’t share it, that wou...  Read More

Go and make disciples. A disciple is someone who knows and loves God. They grow in spiritual maturity by the power of the Holy Spirit. They serve God with their whole heart and share the Good News. We...  Read More