While we are in this life we are still engaged in waging war against sin, despite the fact that it has no lawful power over us.
The encyclical has little sense of the tragedy of sin, sees the gospel as a process in which nature is made more perfect and justifies the Church's role as a mediator between man and God.
Christian faith isn’t grounded in a sanitised, sentimental version of events; but in the stark reality that God became flesh and bore the full weight of human brokenness to bring us life.
As we remember at Easter, the cross of Christ isn’t the end of the story. After tragedy comes redemption, and after the apparent end comes a new beginning.
God is not going to condemn you for rejecting Him; it is rather that by choosing to ignore Him you carry on in your original state of condemnation.
In a Canary island, pastor Toni Quesada promotes a project that aims to prevent reoffending through social and spiritual support.
One day the victory of the cross will be realised by all, but it will only be valid for those who have signed up on the winning team.
The author’s thinking on the subject is summarized as follows: “God is present in every human being from the moment of conception, not only as Creator, but also as Savior”
Jesus Christ came to this world to die on a cross out of love for you.
The original Christmas story should prepare us to undergo this world’s hardships knowing that although we will face adversity, Mary’s son has overcome the world.
The virgin birth of Christ, the greatest miracle of all, shows that in Him we do have the true Saviour.
What saves us from judgment is not that God turns a blind eye to sin and tones down the demands of the law, but that Jesus fulfils the law in our place and offers his grace to repentant sinners.
Let’s be sure to bring the most real concerns of our time to the Christmas story and find in it a Saviour who has learned what it is to be human.
When we place God as our finishing line, we find love, beauty, freedom,
Faith is sufficient for salvation, as it brings us all the benefits of God in Christ.
The fruit of the grace of God is not merely legal, as amazing as that is, it is relational too.
“It’s a miracle to have such numbers of people showing up and to have churches from diverse language background working together, it is completely unexpected”, the Belgian organisers said.
How much do you value Jesus? How important is he to you? He gave all he had to be one of us. He was willing to die for you and me.
It is not a matter of being better. The matter is accepting what God did for us. For you.
Amish communities generally hold their worship services in German, even though many do not speak that language. Reading the Bible independently is often discouraged. Failure to follow the ordnung can result in shunning or exclusion from the community.
Does the Roman Catholic Church now accept that all religions lead to God? Where does this new view of religions come from? These are all legitimate questions.
That he experienced disability in his final moments helps every disabled person to know that Jesus understood a little of what they experience; he knows.
On the 80th anniversary of his death, his message and his words continue to stand the test of time, and resonate with more authority than ever before.
Spanish evangelical university students organise ‘events weeks’ to respond from a biblical perspective to the concerns of their friends.
To be a disciple of Jesus asks much of us, but we cannot fully describe how much we receive in the process.
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