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Archives August--Effective communicators tell stories to make a point. Hear how Jesus' parables point us to Himself.
The certainty that Jesus offers is not theoretical or experimental. It’s the certainty of a promise, of a secure relationship.
A day will come when the grief will end, the groans will be silenced. Jesus will return and the dead in Christ will arise with bodies glorified.
Jesus has triumphed over all the powers of death and hell and He has pledged Himself to be your protector and the armor that you wear.
Blessing, in a Biblical sense, means God’s favor in any circumstance, no exceptions, because there is no place or circumstance in which God does not belong.
You don't have to worry about making a name for yourself. In Christ, God has already given you His.
Depression can feel like being "stuck," but we are never truly alone. God meets us with His care and provision.
Anxiety is like a "Check Engine" light for the soul that leads us to take all our concerns to the Lord in prayer.
Jesus forgives and restores us and He sends us out to offer this restoration to others, in His name.
What happens when you find out that acquiring everything you've ever wanted... still isn't enough?
It's often said, "Misery loves company." Christ comes to us in our misery with God's love and mercy.
Our small efforts to become the people Jesus saved us to be might seem insignificant, but small efforts compound.
If Easter tells us that Jesus the King has won, then Ascension tells us the King is reigning, and His reign is good.
Offer up your plans to God in prayer and see what God does with them. Let your plans become prayers that lead you to praise.
Because Jesus lives, your future is certain. You can also be confident that your present life has meaning and worth. In the Lord, your labor is not in vain.
God doesn’t look for valuable, desirable, beautiful people so that He can love them. God loves first, and by loving them He makes people valuable, desirable, and beautiful.
Jesus is the only way to God, but there are many adventures with Jesus. Which ones will you pick?
When we couldn’t pay the price of our redemption, God did so completely by the life of Jesus.
Through the Bible, God invites us to help Him complete the unfinished drama He's been writing for the world.
To be baptized into Christ, to trust in Him, is to die with Him, to be raised by Him, to pass through the fire under His shelter.
Many voices compete for our attention, but above all, listen to the voice of Jesus and hear what He's done for you.
In the Bible, the Holy Spirit meets us, gives us the mind of Christ, and leads us back into the world as children of God.
Boasting gone wrong--it's the rotten fruit of rightful praise. It happens when we forget that everything we have is a gift, even the things we think we've earned and deserved.
A crossword puzzle uses an answer only once, but Christ is the answer for all people in every place and time.
Solidarity is how Christians understand their relationship to Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus, the Son of God, went where we had gone so that we might go where He goes.
God invites us to speak with Him in prayer and hear from Him in the Bible, to know Him and to love as we are loved.
Christ will return--maybe this year, maybe even today! Pastor German Novelli helps us to prepare for the blessings and challenges of a new year.
God sends His people--the Church--to be His letters to the world, delivering His Word of promise.
Patience can be practiced, tested, strained, and lost. Christians are called to return the patience God in His mercy has shown us, in Christ.