Matthew 5:4
Everyone experiences times of disappointment. Parents comfort children by putting a nightlight in a dark room. Ministers comfort church members w...
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord"—and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
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Scripture Reference: Luke 15:11-32
Memory Verse: Romans 8:39
The lesson objective is two-fold. First to teach children that God loves them more than anyon...
Hebrews 10:17-24
Some things hold us back. Not getting a college education immediately after high school held me back from jobs paying much more that what I ...
The Truths We Confess
A confession of faith is a statement of what one believes. Over the centuries there have been classic confessions which have stood ...
A Time to Turn
An excerpt from the Companion to the Book of Common Worship (Geneva Press, 2003, 109-110):
The Lenten journey from the ashes of death to re...
One day as Jesus was teaching, a group of religious men dragged a woman through the crowd and flung her to the ground at his feet.
One of them said, “Master, t...
Sometimes I still doubt God’s call on my life. At other times that call is more certain than my own existence. Why would God use an awkward introvert like me? B...
“Wrapped now in flesh, the God who once hovered over the waters was plunged beneath them at the hands of a wild-eyed wilderness preacher.”
She got me at the ...
Let’s make our understanding of "sin" simpler.
Psalm 32:1. Blessed is the one whose transgression (פשע) is forgiven (נשא), whose sin (חטא) is covered (כםה). 2....
