Category: Faith
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Share Your Gift!
The gift of eternal life is simply what that: it is a GIFT! Jesus’s encounter with a woman at a well in Samaria is a pivotal conversation to learn from because it shows the readiness, the availability, and the simplicity of the proclamation of the Gospel. However, for Jesus, we might think this would be…
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He must Increase!
One of the pivotal lessons each follower of Jesus must learn is that Jesus is to be the center and the purpose of everything we do. This is the truth of what John the Baptist spoke of in John 3:30, and how we can learn from it to not allow jealousy, bitterness, or anything else…
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Rescue is Available
Studied in context, John 3:16 has a far deeper meaning for each person than just a catch phrase, a religious slogan, or even for some: a trigger for rebellion. It is truly the revelation and pathway of life that Jesus shows us, and it is all encapsulated in the teaching directed at one of Jerusalem’s…
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Leave Room in Faithfulness
The topic of faithfulness in our testimony is one that Jesus covers often, especially when it concerns encouraging those who claim to follow God to share Him freely. In our continuing study of John 3, we see that Jesus clearly calls the reader (us) to know that our testimony of Him matters because He must…
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Weekly Devotional
The genuineness of Jesus as He speaks to people becomes more and more evident in each story that we explore. This week, we see the introduction of Nicodemus, a Jewish leader from the 1st century, who like so many came to Jesus with questions about life, and received critical information related to the salvation, grace,…
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Clean it Up!
The cleansing of the temple, as recorded in John 2, is one of the most unique experiences we have of Jesus ever showing “anger”. But, have you ever thought of it as an expression of love, or commitment, to God’s purposes for the Church? What we allow to occur in our church – especially those…
Pastor T.J. Conwell 