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What Has Happened to Grace?
Newton was right. Grace is truly amazing. We are much better off when we live in grace and extend it to others, for our world thirsts for it in ways it does not even recognize.
Dealing with a Crisis According to Jesus
From the beginning of March, we have been living in a continual crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of social distancing policies. All of our students missed out on the last three months of their school year while our graduating seniors missed… Continue Reading “Dealing with a Crisis According to Jesus”
Christian Hope During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Recently, I’ve been asked, “Why are most Christians calm in the midst of the pandemic and yet anxious to return to Church?” The answer to these two great questions is really simple: Our hope extends beyond death. You see, death is not the end… Continue Reading “Christian Hope During the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Joshua: The Final Part of A Complete Deliverance
The sixth book of the Bible is the first of the twelve historical books of the Old Testament. These twelve books tell the story of Israel’s entry into the Promised Land of Canaan under Joshua’s leadership, their subsequent inhabitance of the Land during the… Continue Reading “Joshua: The Final Part of A Complete Deliverance”
God is the Central Character in Deuteronomy
The fifth book of the Bible derives its name from a phrase taken from its seventeenth chapter. The future kings of Israel were “to make a copy of this [God’s] Law” which was to be read all the days of his life so that… Continue Reading “God is the Central Character in Deuteronomy”
Numbers and the Question: Will I be Faithful to the End?
The fourth book of the Bible is Numbers. And, as its title suggests the book contains a lot of numbers. Two censuses of Israel’s population are taken and then seemingly countless other lists of a variety of things are recorded. But, is that really… Continue Reading “Numbers and the Question: Will I be Faithful to the End?”
God’s Character in Exodus 33-35
Friends, On our (Chester ARP Church’s) journey through the Bible this year, we will read many passages that will clearly and wonderfully reveal the loving, holy, and just character of God. In fact, we believe that every word of the Bible is given to… Continue Reading “God’s Character in Exodus 33-35”
Cultivating Thankfulness
What’s up everybody? On Sunday we talked about how Psalm 50 tells us that thankfulness needs to be cultivated in our lives because it is not natural to us. Here are a few suggestions from Jerry Birdges’s book The Practice of Godliness to help you… Continue Reading “Cultivating Thankfulness”
Who Exactly is Saved by Jesus?
…We have to let God be God. His ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8) and we’ll never fully understand the mind of our sovereign and good creator. We have to trust him with our lives to work out all things for his glory… Continue Reading “Who Exactly is Saved by Jesus?”
Discipleship Matters: Prayerful Evangelism
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” — Matthew 9:37-38 Friends, Jesus calls us to participate in his mission to… Continue Reading “Discipleship Matters: Prayerful Evangelism”
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