Colossians 3:12-17: As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together …
[Adapted from yesterday’s message at The District Church: “Story.”] Today we’re going to talk about “Story”: about the story that we’re telling with our lives, but perhaps more importantly, about the story that God is telling in, through, and with our lives. Story, #1: God never wastes an experience. A mentor of mine first said …
Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, February 11, Morning: “And they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.” (Acts 4:13) A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ is his living biography, written out in the …
[From a message given at Downtown Baptist Church on January 27. You can listen to it here.] Something I’m learning is that God works in a way that is—and this may be understating it somewhat—a little unexpected. In Genesis, we read about how God created the heavens and the earth, and all that is in …
Resolution for 2013? Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. – 2 Peter 3:18