Conversations Full of Grace | Colossians 4:2-6

We’re using this first part of the year to look at the signs and statements of Jesus found in John’s Gospel. As Mark noted last week, we’re doing so in order to see how each of these signs/miracles and each of these “I am” statements reveal something about Jesus as the full manifestation of God’sglory—not…

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Most of the time in Reformed circles, we like to talk about the Divinity of Christ, especially when Christ makes the statement, “I am the Resurrection and the life.” Now we will indeed talk about that in the coming weeks as we continue into all of Christ’s “I am” statements. But today as we I…

In the ancient church, Christmas was celebrated, for not just one day, but for twelve consecutive days.  This took place for a reason; it was there to reinforce and underscore the church’s call to be Christmas people—people who understand the significance of Christ becoming part of His creation in order to redeem His creation.  So,…

This Psalm answers a very practical and important question, how might weexperience true inner peace. Blaise Pascal thought this question so important that he famously said, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” We have such a hard time finding quiet, don’t we. Our minds are so…

We’re continuing our study in the Psalms of Ascents or pilgrim songs.  And these songs were not just for those who sojourned to Jerusalem for worship but they’re songs the LORD has provided for us to sing now as we sojourn to his eternal presence.  And today we’re looking at Psalm 129.  It was just…