The Gift and What It Tells Us About God

As we get nearer to Christmas, it’s time to wrap this whole thing up about the gift that God gave the world (please forgive the pun). We’ve examined how God gave us the gift of Jesus to save us from our self-destructive path of sin and death. Then we looked into how God wanted toContinue reading “The Gift and What It Tells Us About God”

The Gift and What’s In It For Us

I remember when I was a kid being really excited during this time of the year. I would sit there in our living room admiring all the lights and decorations on our Christmas tree, enjoying some Christmas music and cookies, and wondering what was in those wrapped gifts with my name on them. I willContinue reading “The Gift and What’s In It For Us”

The Gift and What Was In It for God

Last week, we took a look at the reason why God gave the gift of Jesus to a world that wasn’t particularly interested. His reason, quite simply, was to save the world through Jesus from the devastating effects of sin and death. As Jesus put it in what are arguably the most famous words heContinue reading “The Gift and What Was In It for God”

Full of Grace and Truth: Healing Us From Sin and Death

Read through the Gospels and you’ll be amazed at how often Jesus was healing people or even bringing people back from the dead. We’ve discussed several of those instances over the course of the last couple months. What each one demonstrates is how Jesus is full of grace and truth. They demonstrate his grace becauseContinue reading “Full of Grace and Truth: Healing Us From Sin and Death”

Full of Grace and Truth: Healing Grief

Last week we took a look at how Jesus showed how he was full of grace by healing a man with leprosy and a woman who had struggled with bleeding for 12 years. Anytime we read about Jesus healing people, it tends to fill us with a great sense of hope and encouragement. In theContinue reading “Full of Grace and Truth: Healing Grief”

Full of Grace and Truth: Healing Diseases

There are a lot of things in life that can cause us heartache and pain. Few can compare with the struggle of dealing with declining health. If we live long enough, we’re bound to experience it, either our own health struggles or those of the people we love and care for. Either way, it’s notContinue reading “Full of Grace and Truth: Healing Diseases”

Full of Grace and Truth: Healing Selfishness

We began this series a little over a month ago to see all the ways that Jesus is full of grace and truth, just as the apostle John said he was (John 1:14). Since then, we’ve seen how he showed grace by healing paralysis, a broken friendship, confusion, blindness, doubt, and hunger and thirst. We’veContinue reading “Full of Grace and Truth: Healing Selfishness”

Full of Grace and Truth: Healing Hunger and Thirst

I love springtime. There’s something about the air getting a little warmer, the sun shining brighter, the sky getting bluer (Is that a word?), and everything growing again after a hard, cold winter. And I like the nice spring breezes, the birds singing, and the sounds and sights of people doing things outside. Life hasContinue reading “Full of Grace and Truth: Healing Hunger and Thirst”