Category: God
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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…
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Miracles do Exist!
Often we think of miracles as “great bible stories” that we can study – but then we willingly choose to ignore the miracles that we can see and experience every day. For example: If Jesus did nothing else for you after giving you His gift of salvation, wouldn’t that be a tremendous miracle? (Especially when…
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Responding Rightly
Whenever we are faced with responding to the “noise” of this world, the most effective and proven position we can take is to reflect on God’s Word and ensure that our response lines up with what it says. Even when faced with foolish temptation, Jesus was faithful to adhere to scripture and stand firm by…
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Behold!
John’s confession that Jesus is the Lamb of God was one of the most dramatic utterances in scripture that truly shook people’s perception of their knowledge of God. Why? Because it made them consider WHO they were following, in light of the truth of scripture, and that they (or WE) are not the center and purpose of…
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Go into the wilderness
The words of John the Baptist really could be a battle cry for all of us today! We are all to be voices in the wilderness (in the world), telling others about the goodness and grace of God (through Jesus) if they will repent of sin. The fact is that in our everyday experiences we…
Pastor T.J. Conwell 