“Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first…
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A Few Life Lessons
Reflect on 2 Timothy 2. Why is it important not only for Timothy, but for all God’s people, to remember “these things” (see verse 14) regarding Christ and the gospel? You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence…
How To Earn Your Ticket To Heaven
One night, a teacher named Nicodemus came to visit Jesus. One major theme that they discussed was how to get to heaven. Years later, a jailer asked a simple question: What must I do to be saved? We may find ourselves asking the same questions today! In a previous article, we briefly dealt with this…
Listen up, kiddo!
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching. For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother. Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all…
Learning to Live With Grace
And perhaps, learning to live by grace! Listen to the words of Romans 6: https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Rom.6 If you wish to read along, here is the scripture link: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+6&version=NIV Now that Saul of Tarsus has become Paul, he has new values! These new values inform every aspect of his life. How does God’s grace transform us today?…
Where Grace and Works Intersect
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith —and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”-Paul As for you,…
Food for Thought 