DEVOTION//Take up your cross
Carrying a cross while following Jesus may not be what you think. Chances are it is much more demanding.
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DEVOTION//Abram's faith
Martin Luther maintains that Abraham was given a right relationship with God for the same reasons Christians have a right relationship with God: God’s undeserved love.
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MINISTRY//Grace's difference
God’s love for sinful people transforms the lives of our Bible institute students. His grace provides many of them with power reason to live in his honor.
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DEVOTION//Sing while suffering
“I will sing about your strength. In the morning I will shout about your mercy, because you are a high fortress for me….” David’s song in Psalm 59 challenges us to break into song whenever we face persecution, trail, and loss.
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DEVOTION//The Sweet Exchange
An ancient Christian manuscript defends faith in Christ as the only way for anyone to be right with us.
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DEVOTION//God's guilt strategy
Guilt over our sin doesn’t make us right with God — no matter how ashamed we feel. Only Jesus-won grace forgives and frees us to live as God’s children.
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DEVOTION//John Harper
Pastor John Harper’s commitment to share his faith in Jesus offers Christians 100 years after his death an example of living (and dying) as a witness to the gospel.
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DEVOTION//All things are possible
The circumstances of Jesus’ conception and birth assure that God will keep all his promises to us.
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DEVOTION//An Advent pause
Pause today — one week before Christmas — to celebrate God’s plan for bringing us the Savior.
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DEVOTION//Cross or glory?
Are you a theology-of-the-cross Christian or a theology-of-glory Christian? Martin Luther helps us to understand the difference.
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