Baptism: Leaving the Old and Entering the New (Romans 6:3–11)
The truth behind baptism is deeply empowering and encouraging, and can explain some of the tensions we experience as we try to live the Christian life.
How Jesus' Resurrection Directly Empowers Us (John 20, 1 Cor 15, Col 3)
The resurrection of Jesus was not simply coming back to life, but the start of a new kind of humanity. It gives us access to a new kind of life within us—empowered for victory.
Mark in a Month 6. Loving and Worshipping the One Who Ransomed us
Let us read the last three chapters, and feel what it was like for Jesus, the one who paid our ransom, and be filled with love and adoration for him.
Mark in a Month 4. The Unexpected Message at the Center of Mark (8:22-10:52)
The center of Mark holds the core of Jesus’ teachings, but it is not what anyone was expecting. Even today there are many who think they are followers of Jesus but don’t understand this idea. First and foremost the challenge is to us, to follow Jesus in this surprising way.
Connecting Deeply with Jesus as a Human (Heb 4:15-16)
Jesus became a man, in part, so that we could have a deep relationship with him. The challenge today is, how can we deepen that relationship?
Replacing your Inner Bully with the Gentle Voice of Jesus
Most of us have an inner voice that is constantly telling us that we should be doing better. This has been called ’the inner bully’. There is an answer in Matthew 11.
An Overwhelming Experience of Joy and Peace
There are Scriptures that speak of transcendent experiences of Jesus in the life of a believer. -What are these? and is there anything we can do in order to have them ourselves?