Lake Murray BC Podcast

What is the "new life" we have in Christ and how do we experience it to its fullest extent?  Today we'll begin our "Made New" series and explore what it means to die to sin and walk in the newness of life.

New Year's Day is a great opportunity to celebrate what God has done over the past year.  As his church, we also anticipate what he will do in the new year and are encouraged toward continued faithfulness in the responsibility we have been given to fulfill the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. 

Imagine receiving a birth announcement not just a few weeks or months before the child is born but CENTURIES. This is exactly what occurs in the book of Isaiah.  The prophet announces the birth of a child who will be the deliverer the people are awaiting—the one who will establish God’s kingdom and bless every nation on the earth.

Today we'll study the promise made to David in 2 Samuel 7.  As the Son of David, Jesus came to rule God’s Kingdom as its rightful king, and we are citizens of that Kingdom.

The story of Abraham and Isaac is essential to understanding the rest of the Bible. Through this oft misunderstood, strange tale, we see the ongoing conflict between the offsprings of the serpent and the woman as well as the continuation of God’s promise to send his deliverer.

Jesus, the eternal Son of God, left the glory of Heaven to put on flesh and step into the world he had created. What could cause him to put off his glory and to put on humanity in all our frailty and finiteness? To answer that question, we must go back to the beginning. By looking to the book of Genesis, we'll see that Jesus, as the Son of Adam, came to defeat the Devil and destroy the powers of darkness.

These final verses mark the end of Paul’s letter to Titus and Crete. The entire letter is meant to provide an inseparable link between faith and practice.  In verses 9-15, Paul exhorts Titus to not allow distraction or division to derail his devotion to Christ.

In today's passage, Paul communicates how a transformed heart leads to transformed living that is marked by good works.  May we be a people who pursue after these good works because of the greatest work which Christ has done for us.

In this passage, Paul wants to emphasize this truth: that righteous living is not how we earn salvation but the evidence of it. If we are to truly be a church committed to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission, it will only be because of God’s grace—grace which we have received by faith in Jesus and grace that is being worked in us by his Spirit.

In this passage, the Apostle Paul writes to Titus about the importance of holy living and the responsibility that church members have in helping one another pursue a lifestyle that honors the Lord.