Beyond Sunday

Only the chosen ones come to faith in Christ and actually attend the feast. ...

Christ's role in creation gives not only unity to all creation, but places it in living connection with Him....

As we read these words carefully we realize that the reason why Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh was that those who lived there were the enemies of his people....

These rivers of mercy run fully and constantly, but never run dry. No, they are new every morning. Every morning we have fresh instances of God’s compassion towards us....

Do you know why we have fear? Because we think our needs or the needs of someone we love are not going to be met....

For to us this Child was born, and for us He laid down His life....

Immanuel does not mean “us with God.” It means “God with us.” Where will He be with us? In the eternal home he is preparing for us....

When others cast doubt on the historical accuracy of Bible events, such as the census mentioned in Luke 2, be prepared....

Advent prepares us not only to commemorate Jesus' first, humble arrival in a manger, but also helps us more fully invite Christ into our present lives while anticipating His final, glorious coming. ...

Three elements enter into our appeal to God: Prayer, the outpouring of the soul; supplication, stating our desires; and thanksgiving; we must always come to God, not in a complaining spirit, but with thankfulness for present mercies....

When we were without strength and were powerless to save ourselves (in God's own chosen time), Christ died for the ungodly - for the rebels....

The Book of Acts tells us something about how the gospel began to explode throughout the world. And we can learn much about that for our own day....

Though the valleys seem so deep that we cannot see the bottom, and the mountains so high that we cannot see the tops of them, God knows how to raise the one and level the other....

These verses mark, perhaps more comprehensively than any other similar passage, the covenant relationship of the believer to his God....

When we let our eyes or our feet take us to places that God wouldn't bless, we lose our desire to praise and give thanks. So, where are you?...

When Jesus was tempted in the desert, it's easy to miss what's really at stake....

If we examine the right that God has over us, in a more general way, with regard to his intelligent creatures, we may consider God in two different ways: as Creator and Lord of all, or as moral Governor and Judge....

Christ was the first preacher of the Gospel that ever was. He first preached it to Adam and Eve in the garden, and afterwards to Abraham. ...

The word "love" is often misused in our world. But true love starts with denying our selfish ways and seeing things from God's perspective....

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