Sept. 30, 2013–Offense Can Blind You

Day 9

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. But anyone who hates a brother or sister is … [Continue reading]

Sept. 29, 2013–An All-Out Offensive to wipe out Offense

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Congratulations to all of you who have completed Week 1 of the 21 Days of At.One.Ment Fast! You are a third of the way there! Over the past few days, we took great care to address various forms of sin and offense that may have been standing between … [Continue reading]

Sept. 28, 2013–Ignorance can lead to Offense

Day 7

For the past two days, we have looked at how we can be offended by God when He does not meet our expectations or answer our prayers according to our timetable. Of course, that offense then stands between us and God, preventing us from fully … [Continue reading]

Sept. 27, 2013–Impatience With God

Day 6

When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us.” (Exodus 32:1) Spurred by these words, Aaron makes an executive decision to request items … [Continue reading]

Sept. 26, 2013–Offended By God

Day 5

Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you … [Continue reading]

Sept. 25, 2013–Guilt & Shame

Day 4

I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”  (Luke 15:18-19) Since we embarked on this … [Continue reading]

Sept. 24, 2013–Double-Mindedness

Day 3

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God…Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw … [Continue reading]

Sept. 23, 2013–Unconfessed Sin

Day 2

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. (Psalm 51:3) When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer (Psalm … [Continue reading]

Sept. 22, 2013–If the Atonement is Already a Reality…

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God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. (Romans 3:25) He (Jesus Christ) is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (I … [Continue reading]

The 21 Days of At. One. Ment Fast

  This Sunday, Sept. 22, our two churches are beginning The 21 Days of Atonement Fast, which will end on Saturday, Oct. 12. The focus of the Fast is three-fold: 1. At. One. Ment with God 2. At. One. Ment with Others 3. At. One. Ment … [Continue reading]