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The New Testament makes a clear distinction between two kinds of teaching. One kind brings freedom.The other brings burden. Paul confronted this often. Some believers had started mixing the gospel wit...
We know God is holy.We know He is righteous.But the bible wants to show something more than that. "God is love."1 John 4:8 Love isn't God's mood.It's Him. And love always moves toward people.Love give...
Ever notice how a clenched fist can't receive anything?That's the difference between Law and Grace. For centuries, we've argued about the Gospel's center-Is it God working, or us? But the answer quiet...
Many people secretly carried a wrong belief in their walk with God-an invisible checklist in the back of their minds that goes like, "You need to do more. Try harder. Be better." It feels holy, but it...
Mindset is one of those quiet forces that shapes everything, even when we're not paying attention. The Bible calls it being "transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Romans 12:2)-a reminder that thi...
A holy God cannot ignore sin.A loving God cannot ignore sinners. Both truths seem to pull in opposite directions-until the cross. The bible says, "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us" (2 Cori...
Psalm 1 doesn't begin with doing more.It begins with avoiding what quietly poisons you. "Blessed is the man... who does not sit in the seat of the scornful" (Psalm 1:1). Scorn is not loud.It's subtle....
Proverbs says it plainly:"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it" (Proverbs 4:23). The heart is not fragile-but it is porous.Whatever enters it eventually directs your w...
We love beginnings.The rush of a fresh idea.The excitement of the first step.The energy of "Let's go!" But Jesus taught us: "Which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and count t...
Not every vision is from God.The enemy can paint images too-quiet impressions, fearful pictures, or flattering fantasies.But Scripture shows us how different they are when we slow down long enough to...
The Hebrew word for "to see," חָזָה hazah, shares its root with חָזֶה hazeh-the "breast" of the sacrificial animal (Leviticus 7:30-31).That breast was the portion given to the priest. It was a picture...
Paul's question-"How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?" (Romans 6:2)-isn't a question. It's a reminder. To answer it, you must understand how Christ died to sin. Jesus was never under si...
God does not relate to you based on your record.He relates to you based on Christ's. Paul says,"You are accepted in the Beloved."Ephesians 1:6 Accepted - not tolerated.In the Beloved - ἐν τῷ ἠ&...
Most believers imagine God's presence as a place they enter.Scripture teaches it is a place they carry. Paul writes,"You are the temple of the Holy Spirit."1 Corinthians 6:19 Temple - ναό&sig...
We live in a world full of heroes - movie heroes, comic heroes, public heroes.But these heroes all keep a distance.Up close, their flaws show.Up close, the pedestal crumbles. Jesus is different. He li...
Sometimes the hardest thing to believe is the simplest:God is not angry at you. Many believers still live as if God is holding something over their heads. They expect judgment. They brace for punishme...
Facts can be loud.A doctor's report.A financial statement.A failure that feels final. But there is a distinction: Facts describe what is.Truth declares what God says. Jesus said:"You shall know the tr...
Falling into sin is human.Living in sin is impossible for someone born of God. John writes,"His seed remains in him; and he cannot continue in sin."1 John 3:9 Not because the believer is strong.Becaus...
There's a difference between knowing you're righteous and living like you're righteous. God calls righteousness a gift (Romans 5:17).But even a gift can sit unopened if you don't trust the giver. Some...
If you trace human pain back to its beginning, you'll eventually hear a single voice asking a single question: "Did God really say...?"Genesis 3:1 That was the enemy's first strategy.And it still is....