Because believers belong to Christ who bought them at the cross, they are called to live in sexual holiness, marital faithfulness, and contented obedience by remaining with God in the life situation to which he has called them, rather than seeking spiritual advancement through changing their status.

Christ gave up his independence to have intimacy with us. You are not your own. You were bought with a price.

In Mark 4, Jesus uses four parables to show us that the Kingdom of God advances through faithful sowing, and we can labor with confidence because his kingdom is undeniable, unstoppable, and unimaginable.

Who you are in Christ changes how you handle conflict, because Jesus calls us to live differently for the sake of his name before a watching world.

God can use the church through the proper use of church discipline as a means to put our sinful nature to death and bring about deep, restorative transformation of the heart.

Jesus came as a servant, not a celebrity. He lowered himself for your benefit; look to the baby in the manger.

When Jesus is the foundation, everything else holds together.

True wisdom comes from God through the cross, and only the Spirit can help us see it clearly.

God's saving power is revealed through what the world calls foolishness. The message of the cross overturns worldly wisdom and human boasting.

What can bring unity across political, social, cultural, ethnic, racial, & personality divides? Nothing but Christ.