Most people come to counseling fearing some form of mental illness but are actually suffering from a lack of pastoral care. Many times they have fallen prey to a form of soft legalism that is far from good news. Here are few signs of soft legalism.

Most people come to counseling fearing some form of mental illness but are actually suffering from a lack of pastoral care. Many times they have fallen prey to a form of soft legalism that is far from good news. Here are few signs of soft legalism.

Have you heard Jesus-- This is a question seldom asked these days, and yet, it is the central question within the Bible. This is because Jesus is the Prophet God promised by Moses who would come and speak to us for God, and to whom we must listen- How do we know we have heard him-- This is the question anwered in this brief study.

Have you heard Jesus? This is a question seldom asked these days, and yet, it is the central question within the Bible. This is because Jesus is the Prophet God promised by Moses who would come and speak to us for God, and to whom we must listen! How do we know we have heard him? This is the question anwered in this brief study.

Faith in Jesus is both a gift from God and as we walk with Jesus our faith in him grows. And our redemption and healing from the destructive ways of our past comes to us in his timing and in his ways. We ought not be afraid to ask for Christ's healing touch time and time again as we go trhough life. His mercy is available to us today no less than as it was when we first believed.

Most Christians are aware of the historic controversy regarding grace and works. We know we are not saved by our own works, we are saved by grace. And yet, the New Testament is equally clear that grace is a transforming power in the Christian life. We are -created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.- And we know the great work we do daily is ever-increasing conformity to Christ's image.

Most Christians are aware of the historic controversy regarding grace and works. We know we are not saved by our own works, we are saved by grace. And yet, the New Testament is equally clear that grace is a transforming power in the Christian life. We are "created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." And we know the great work we do daily is ever-increasing conformity to Christ's image.

Faith in Jesus is both a gift from God and as we walk with Jesus our faith in him grows. And our redemption and healing from the destructive ways of our past comes to us in his timing and in his ways. We ought not be afraid to ask for Christ's healing touch time and time again as we go trhough life. His mercy is available to us today no less than as it was when we first believed.

This is part one of a two part series on the ministry of the new covenant of the Spirit in evangelism.

While it is true that in Christ we are promised a life that can only be described as "adundant." This does not mean we are the triumphant one in the gospel story; rather, it is God in Christ who has triumphed over his enemies, which we were before faith. But instead of God's triumph leading to shame and execution as was the case in the historic Roman triumphal procession, we are instead put on display as God's conquered enemies leading to newness of life because Christ himself took our just shame and execution.