Title: Ransomed to Love Text: 1 Peter 1:17–25Central claim: Those redeemed by the precious blood of Christ must spend their exile in reverent fear, confident faith, and fervent love.I. Live in reveren...  Read More

The greatness of salvation revealed in Christ demands disciplined hope, obedient minds, and lives that reflect God's holiness....  Read More

The Crusades fused genuine religious devotion with worldly ambition and violence in a way that should make Christians today think carefully about the difference between the kingdom Christ described and...  Read More

Because God keeps both you and your inheritance, you can rejoice while you grieve....  Read More

Week 20 — Systematic TheologyThe Offices of Christ“Christ”•“Christ” translates Mashiach, Anointed One. Ask: Who was anointed in Israel? Priests (Ex 29:7; Lev 8:12), kings (1 Sam 16:13), prophets (1 Kg...  Read More

Religious activity cannot cleanse us; God’s gracious promise calls us to repentant obedience, and God’s chosen King gives us an unshakable future....  Read More

A member is a limb joined to a living body. Reception is the church’s deliberate act of recognizing Christ’s gift of a person and accepting responsibility for that person by name....  Read More

Because God owns us and everything he entrusts to us, Christians should intentionally use time and money for his glory, our godliness, the good of the church, and the advance of the gospel....  Read More

This text calls discouraged believers to judge the work of God by his presence and promises rather than by visible size, immediate results, or memories of the past....  Read More

God gathers a redeemed people into his presence through Christ; therefore, Christian worship must be governed by the Word, centered on Christ, practiced by the congregation, and shaped by the hope of ...  Read More

God commands the obedience He Himself stirs — and stays with those He stirs. He reminds us that He is with us so that we can go, bring, and build....  Read More

God exposes the futility of self-first living and calls His people to build His house for His pleasure and glory....  Read More