Satan wants to tattle on us to God so we get what we deserve. God will not let him. Instead, he forgives our sin.
01/15/2014 by Steve Ridgell
Rubel Shelly re-shares a prayer for the New Year and a fresh start on life.
01/02/2014 by Rubel Shelly
Phillip Morrison talks about the greatest Christmas gift of all, the gift of forgiveness.
12/12/2013 by Phillip Morrison
Phil Ware continues his series from Matthew on God's presence in Jesus and this week talks about church as family, not community.
09/30/2013 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware shares the sweet prayer request from one of the translators in a predominantly Muslim nation wracked with violence and bloodshed: "Please pray for the terrorists that they know Jesus Christ like Saul who became Paul :)"
09/16/2013 by Phil Ware
When Aaron made the golden calf, he claimed that it just came out of the fire that way. We can't be that way with our sin. We must own up to what we've done and seek forgiveness.
09/04/2013 by Tim Archer
God offers each of us a pardon, the chance to have our sins blotted out. We can escape the death sentence that sin has placed on us. We can be forgiven. Or we can ignore God's offer and pay the penalty for what we've done.
08/14/2013 by Tim Archer
Rick Brown writes about the prodigal son parable and reminds us that there are two sons who are lost and need to come home to the heart of the father and join the party he longs to throw for both of them!
07/12/2013 by Rick Brown
Phil Ware continues his series on The Story and focuses on the church at Antioch and the grace that empowered the church to be all God intended it to be.
04/14/2013 by Phil Ware
Russ Lawson reminds us that to err is human, that we sin, we mess up, we falter, we are wrong, we make mistakes, but God is in the cleansing and forgiving business and can take care of it if we will admit it and ask for forgiveness.
03/08/2013 by Russ Lawson
Jesus promises new life. Part of new life is getting rid of the old one.
01/30/2013 by Steve Ridgell
Ron Rose writes about redemption and even more of sanctification, the slow work of God to transform us into something new and better and more like Him and reminds us that this is a process.
01/01/2013 by Ron Rose
God loves his son. God loves us. Sending Jesus to die on the cross for our sins and then raising him from the dead demonstrates that love.
12/26/2012 by Steve Ridgell
Rubel Shelly risks being misunderstood by talking about the frustration of trying to win God's grace by living perfectly and over-analyzing our sins, failures, mistakes, and missteps.
12/04/2012 by Rubel Shelly
Many times, our zeal to condemn sin can make the vulnerable among us feel alienated from God.
11/28/2012 by Tim Archer
Hypocrites say one thing while intending to do another. That is not what Christians do.
09/12/2012 by Steve Ridgell
Ron Rose reminds us of the need to forgive, not just because we are commanded but because we are imprisoned in bitterness when we don't.
06/22/2012 by Ron Rose
Thom Lemmons reminds us that we all need grace.
06/08/2012 by Thom Lemmons
Grace, forgiveness, redemption, and other Christian words can only be understood by non-Christians in the context of how we Christians live.
03/21/2012 by Steve Ridgell
Phil Ware continues his series on Better Broken reminding us that God can make us better after we have been broken and use us to do his work in the Kingdom because of two things: forgiveness we receive in Jesus through baptism and the power of the Holy Sp
01/22/2012 by Phil Ware
Like the Israelites of old, we too can find ourselves ripped from our homes, forced to go places we don't want and become slaves to our emotions and desires. BUT we can go "home" anytime we choose restoration with our Father.
01/04/2012 by Bill Brant
We are like stray dogs: unwanted, not clean, wounded. Jesus brings us home to His family.
12/07/2011 by Steve Ridgell
There are lots of reasons to give thanks. It doesn't always seem that way, but if we put our mind to it, we can usually think of more reasons for being thankful than for complaining.
11/23/2011 by Tim Archer
Phil Ware continues his series called Last Words, First Priority and emphasizes the line in the sand moment we call baptism.
11/20/2011 by Phil Ware
David betrayed God, asked for forgiveness and is granted it, yet David still suffered the consequences of that sin (two of his sons die). In spite of all this both the prophet Samuel and Luke describe David as a man after God's own heart. If there was for
10/26/2011 by Bill Brant