Questions in this episode: – If Christ fulfilled the Law, do feast days still need to be kept? – Should we keep the Old Testament Ceremonial Laws out of obedience even though they aren’t salvific? Why do they keep them in the Millennial Kingdom? – Was Samuel sleeping in the Holy of Holies when he …
Nothing could be more urgent and important than responding to the resurrected Christ, who offers himself as our ultimate solution to every threat, challenge, and problem we face in this life and the next.
In the Good Friday sermon “The Truth about Golgotha,” Pastor Mike Fabarez explains the theological meaning of Christ’s crucifixion, emphasizing that the historical location called Golgotha—the “place of the skull”—was the divinely appointed site where Jesus bore the judicial penalty for human sin under the righteous wrath of God. Drawing from Gospel accounts such as …
By God’s grace, we can be recipients of Christ’s incomparable love that provides for our most profound needs by means of his life, death, and resurrection.
Fruitful ambassadors of Christ are enthralled with their Savior who fulfilled the Scriptures and sacrificed himself to purchase our eternal redemption.
In this season of giving and receiving gifts, let us never lose our focus on the incomparable grace that was bestowed on us when God decided to give us everything that was needed to free us from the consequences of our sins through the life and death of Jesus Christ. It would seem only right…
Our theology regarding justification is often revealed by how we embrace God’s forgiveness when we sin. On the one hand, we may say that we heartily affirm the orthodox doctrine of justification by faith (i.e. that we are accepted as perfectly righteous before God by our trust in Christ, without the aid of good works), but on the other hand…
We must learn to fully trust in the omniscient and compassionate triune God who has thoughtfully planned our salvation and will walk us through this life until our redemption is complete.
One of the most heartfelt Psalms as David cries out to God for forgiveness after he is confronted by Nathan for his sin with Bathsheba. Be encouraged by the forgiveness we have from God when we confess our sin to him and are made white as snow.
Christ’s institution of the Lord’s supper in the presence of Judas should lead us to a vigilant introspection as we regularly and actively remember Christ’s death and coming kingdom.
The biblical Passover celebration provides us a helpful picture of the eternal redemption that has been provided for us by the eternal and divine Lamb of God.
Pondering God’s longtime plan of redemption humbles us Christians, as we realize that Christ’s horrible suffering was the judgment our sins and transgressions had earned.
Jesus, our Immanuel, came to earth to reconcile us to God so that we could truly have “God with us.”
God’s choice of Bethlehem as the birthplace of the Messiah should stir up in our biblical memories a number of remarkable reasons why God graciously sent Christ in the first place.
We need to see all of our seemingly urgent concerns in light of the incomparable gift of God?s gracious forgiveness secured for us by the life and death of Christ.
We should gratefully celebrate the incarnation, knowing something of the cost to Christ in taking on the humanity of Adam to save sinful humans.
God has strategically enlisted every Christian to play a part in advancing Christ’s kingdom by promoting and proclaiming the redemptive work of the Messiah.
While the cosmos is now dying, Christians are called to eagerly anticipate a resurrected planet which will be perfectly sustained by God for our use and our good.
There is real hope of a “new start” available to us because of the grace and forgiveness found in trusting Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is the greatest, his work to redeem us from our sins it incredibly great, he certainly deserves a great response from us each day
We should know and appreciate what we mean when we say that Jesus is the “Son of God” and our lives should reflect the profundity of that statement.
We ought to always remember the incredibly high price paid for our forgiveness and live compassionately and gratefully in light of it.
Being unholy should be considered a non-option for us! Too much of the past, present & future is riding on the moral decision we make this week!
