No doubt: a gift from your True Love is something special. This week we explore some unique ways that the Great Giver has given LOVE to help us live life abundantly.
Love to Conquer All
Advent
Joy to Combat Apathy
It may very well be impossible to be both joyful and apathetic at the same time. This week we acknowledge that as humans we are complex emotional factories. Can we turn “I don’t care” into a pursuit of JOY in the “best ways”?
Peace to Combat Chaos
Why not use the power packed into the Advent themes to go on the offensive against that which troubles you? This week we look at PEACE and look deeper than peace being only an absence of conflict. We explore how peace can be a type of completeness that fights against chaos.
Comings and Goings and Comings: Christ’s Accomplished Work
Finishing off Hebrews chapter 9, teaches us some important truths about the work that Jesus accomplished on our behalf. Then as a gift, we get a bonus teaching about perspective on death, something on which we desperately need a healthy perspective.
Advent 2019: Jesus, our Light (Love) in the darkness
Christmas time really does feel like a special time of year unlike any other. Two of the major themes of Christmas are Love and Light. This week we explore a bit of the relationship between these through the lens of the Bible and two atypical expressions of a “love that comes from a pure heart, … [ read more ] "Advent 2019: Jesus, our Light (Love) in the darkness"
Advent 2019: Jesus, our Enduring Perfection
Finding JOY (this week’s Advent theme) in one’s work can be difficult for a perfectionist, because the work is never “quite right” and/or never “quite finished.” This is one reason why Jesus’ Perfect Priesthood and His service as our Perfect Priest should resound in abiding JOY for believers.
Advent 2019: Jesus, our “King of Peace”
The chapter of Hebrews that many have been waiting for: Melchizedek. Wait, who? Yeah, the author builds a fascinating case for the redemptive work of God through a mysterious, obscure Old Testament character, continuing his case for Jesus’ great(er)ness.
Advent 2019: Jesus, the Anchor of our Souls
As the Advent season kicks off, our study through the book of Hebrews takes an appropriate and timely focus on HOPE. So much more than a warm-and-fuzzy idea, so much more than a self-help-strategy, we need a hope that provides a “sure and steadfast” refuge. This hope exists in Jesus!