Romans 5:2

Grace is God drawing us sinners closer and closer to himself. An ever closer fellowship with him—this is the purpose of grace. -J.I. Packer…

The New Testament has many verses which speak about hope. This hope is from God as a part of our initial salvation. Romans 8:24 says “we were saved in hope.” Hope awaits something we do……

The New Testament has many verses which speak about hope. This hope is from God as a part of our initial salvation. Romans 8:24 says “we were saved in hope.” Hope awaits something we do……

I love a great makeover story. Do you? To see the “before” and “after” of a new haircut or wardrobe change or how people are able to take control of their health when they lose weight . . . We love a good success story, don’t we? What strikes me most about any of these ……

Grace is God drawing us sinners closer and closer to himself. An ever closer fellowship with him—this is the purpose of grace. -J.I. Packer…

When it has the effect God intends, Gospel doctrine creates gospel culture and that’s what draws people to Jesus.…

New Jerusalem is a city full of and radiating the glory of God. In August several posts were about our hope now and the glory to come. Now we look at verses joining grace and glory. Romans 5:2 says……

When you convince yourself that your sin is not so sinful after all, you also convince yourself that you don’t need God’s amazing, rescuing, forgiving, and transforming grace…

Are comparison prayers-could be worse, at least it’s not- a lesser kind of thanks? On their backs, our thanks resound?No! (We won’t boss Mack around.) Well, maybe for a chance, To boost our prayer stance,Just enough to get thanks off the ground! Beware of comparison thanks, I told the ladies. Our life group topic was, yes, gratitude. My shower that Read More…

The previous two posts focus on Colossians 1:27, Christ in us the hope of glory. This is the hope of our Lord’s glorious, public appearing (Titus 2:13) to reign over the earth, and our being ……