Romans 5:1-2

I can often feel unacceptable. I feel I haven’t met the standards to be accepted. I’m not funny enough, kind enough, pretty enough or whatever the standard in my head is. I measure myself by so many standards I’ve set up and always find myself lacking. It is an exercise in futility—work so hard to p…

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God." - Romans 5:1-2In these few...…

Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Genesis tells us the story of beginnings - how the world and humanity were created by God to be “good.” The world God made was perfect without sin where Adam and Eve could live in harmony with God. In Genesis 3, we read of humanity’s downfall into sin and shame. After Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they realized their nakedness and fled from God and each other. From this point on in Genesis, the book chronicles broken rela...…

Meeting a friend well acquainted with previous cohorts Joy and Resilience, this month took me on a journey through the patience of Hope.…

Jesus states we must be more righteous than the scribes and Pharisees to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. How is this possible? Why would Jesus say this?…

This year I was amazed by how much Leviticus helped me understand the gospel.…

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Romans 15:4). History reminds us of the past, defines us in the present, and prepares us for the future. In Scripture, we have something more, something we might call holy history. The narratives of the Old Testament become the palette the New Testament authors used to paint the answers to the great questions of God, faith, and hu……

It can be confusing at times to be able to identify what it means to be a Christian. Several people claiming the title of Christian may all look…

If you have sinned and confessed, you are forgiven. No sin is bigger than our Savior.…

God’s grace is about His favor upon those who have fallen from grace and have sinned against His commands. Also, grace could be a power to do good things for others, even those who have caused pain.Bible verses about God’s abundant graceThe more we study God’s words, the more we...…