Jesus The I AM
When Jesus uses the two words “I am,” something unique happens: He is claiming to be Israel’s God, Yahweh.
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Jesus, the Temple, and You
All believers, because Jesus is in them and they’re in Jesus, now make up his temple. We’re God’s new house to be bearers of Jesus’ ongoing presence in and to the world until he returns.
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Our lives can flood with joy, peace, and comfort knowing that God doesn’t just love us—he likes us. He enjoys us, and we are transformed by his love and delight.
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Understanding baptism is crucial for all Jesus-followers. But, I’ve often wondered if the way we baptize followers of Jesus really matters–since wise people, that I greatly respect, disagree.
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God’s words are crucial for his people’s existence and preservation. Displaying both his presence and his faithfulness, the words of God are a mediator between the unrevealed and the revealed.
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A righteous life is a productive, flourishing, fulfilling way of being in the world that does not cut against the grain of the world’s design.
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Complaining is saying that God should act differently towards me than he has — and when you know the God of the Bible, that’s a scary thought.
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Thinking is a central part of life: decisions are the bricks of life, building our days, years, and ultimately our lives. This tool of the human experience sometimes overwhelms, excites, surprises, blesses, or misleads us.
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We all have emotions. It’s a vital part of the human experience, and yet it’s so often confusing, puzzling, and discouraging. What do we do?
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A new earth and heaven is coming with the best part being, God and his people are fully face to face, never to be veiled by any obstacles. Sin: gone. Satan: gone. Death: gone. Perfectly happy because perfectly unified.
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