A fundamental part of being a local church is that it is in fact, local.

We delight to mirror our Messiah. We seek to make our own the life of the One who made us his own. 

Not only does God promise this escape from temptation, but he also promises escape from debilitating shame.

Take each step of faith with the drumbeat of these oft-repeated words: The will of God will not lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you.   

No doctrinal dispute has ever been contested more fiercely or with such long-term consequences as the one over justification. There were other ancillary issues debated in the 16th century, but none so central or so heated as this.

Jesus not only paid for our sin, he provides his righteousness for us.

A heart tied to God’s heart resonates with his love; a heart that does not cannot claim to know God.

There’s been a lot of discussion in the last year (and the last week) of what it means to be winsomely reformed. And, sadly, the loudest voices have been undeniably against the idea of being winsome. It has been critiqued as wishy-washy, a failed cultural strategy, or as an expression of weakness rather than strength….

In God’s great wisdom and love, he chose our spouse, out of all the persons in the world, to be the one to help us become the person he intends.

An act so gentle, a little whisper of the assurance of God’s care, powerfully rekindled faith, hope, and the willingness to move forward into God’s future.