The Christian is given a radical new identity in Christ. With Christ as our life we can navigate through life's storms, grow in our ability to love, and find ourselves closer to God than we can imagine.

We all have this lurking thing that keeps us from change: our destructive desires or what Paul calls the 'indulgence of the flesh.' The gospel shows us a different way of being changed that rules and regulations. It's being connected to...

Paul explains that the Old Testament ceremonies (feasts, sabbaths, new moons) are just shadows of what we have in Christ. Therefore do not let anyone judge you based on their bad reading of the Scriptures.

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Jesus' death on the cross deals with our shame in a way that is incomparably better. His death makes us un-accusable in Christ. This is God reversing what happened in Genesis 3, sin, accusation, hiding, inviting us to come by faith to Jesus who...

Pastor Jim introduces the Biblical idea of lament, using Psalm 77 and Romans 8:28-34. Followers of Jesus are taught to pray their emotions and questions to a Holy God. 1/3 of the Psalms are lament Psalms asking God questions: Why? How long? Have you...

We get a story of how Elisha showed mercy to his enemies, by leading them to a meal with the King of Israel. It's a clear picture of what God would later do on Easter Weekend. Jesus leads us to to the cross, to show us the the cost of what it...

Gehazi is a picture in the Old Tesament of the grumbling, unbelieving Pharisees in the New Testament (Read Luke 15:1-2). We see the good news of God's discipline, willing to show us what we are like in order for us to mature and change. You need...

God in His Sovereign Grace and Power works through evil for our good. Will we choose the path of humility and faith or drown in self-pity and temper tantrums? Come and see how God transformed Namaan. He does the same for us and more in Jesus Christ!

Namaan is slaved through the love and forgiveness of a little girl he enslaved. She shows us a God given perseverance and ability to forgive and work for the good of her enemy.

We learn that God works all things, including our troubles, for the...