March 12, 2017
March 12, 2017 Motives must be informed by fear Motives must be aimed at the heart Motives must be controlled by Christ
March 5, 2017
March 5, 2017 Power of the gospel over suffering Power of the gospel over death Power of the gospel in judgement
February 26, 2017
February 26, 2017 Chooses an unlikely identity Changes your your values Cancels your fears Controls your actions
February 12, 2017
February 12, 2017 Three Ways the World Does Not Love God The world is a rival to the love of God The world is full of godless desires The world is passing away
February 5, 2017
February 5, 2017 Application What aspect of God’s love strikes you the most personally? Why? If you are a Christian, in what new ways did you begin to love after you trusted Christ? What areas of your life do you “wait” to love? Where do you see the supernatural love of God at work in […]
January 29, 2017
January 29, 2017 Application What is the difference between being enslaved to sin as a non-Christian, and struggling with sin as a Christian? In what ways are you tempted to minimize sin in your own life? If you are a Christian, do you struggle more feeling condemned by your sin of feeling comfortable with your […]
January 22, 2017
January 22, 2017 Application Why is it easy to mistake religion for the new birth? How did you experience transformation if/when you were born again? What are the differences between what this passage teaches about being spiritual and what the world teaches about being spiritual?
January 8, 2017
January 8, 2017 :Application: Which areas of your life are most difficult to pray about? Why? How does understanding prayer as “normal” help you pray in daily life? What “impossible things” do you want God to do this year? Do you ever struggle with being a “rhetorical pray-er”? Are there any requests that seem “too […]
January 1, 2017
January 1, 2017 Follow along: You’re going to get dry, and you’ll need a well You’re going to get confused, and you’ll need a teacher You’re going to feel sorrow, and you’ll need joy You’re going to get tempted, and you’ll need to fear You’re going to hear lies, and you’ll need truth You’re going […]