Paul uses baptism to illustrate why we should be denying temptations to sin and living more like Christ. Which prompts us to examine baptism as Paul did in order to better understand the spiritual sig

God demonstrated His love for us even while we were still ungodly, enemy sinners, Christ died for us to reconcile us back to our Creator and Judge, saving us from the wrath to come. Romans 5:6-11 Taug

Having been justified by faith in Jesus Christ, we have received peace with God, access to His presence, and confident hope that is greater than any circumstances. In fact, our troubles can work to in

Paul preaches that we are saved by faith and not by works. James preaches that your faith should be accompanied by works or its not faith. And both point to Abraham as proof. Who is right? The Holy S

Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Lots of ways to translate that one word imputed, reckoned, counted, credited, and accounted. But we dont have righteousness witho

Justice is a core value of who God is. It is deplorable to Him when injustice takes place both the punishment of good and the promotion of wickedness. Yet last week we saw that none of us are good.

All are guilty before God as revealed by the law. The righteousness of God is revealed to be through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. Romans 3:9-22 Taught Sunday morning, February

It is easy to fool some people. You might be able to fool everyone you know, at least for a little while. But Christ sees both the actions and the thoughts and intents of the heart. And we see that as

God says through Paul that no one can truly be an agnostic. There is enough evidence in creation to know there is an always and all-powerful Creator who is incorruptible and righteous. The problem is

Its not a spectacular story compared to some in the Hebrew Scriptures. But it is significant for important reasons. It marked the end of dark time for the children of Israel when they had lost so muc