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Serious about the Bible. Done with the BS.
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Faith in Jesus
What It Means to Believe in Jesus
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. You can trust Him to save you.
Why Jesus Died and Rose Again
God came to bring us back to Himself. Jesus's death and resurrection tell us what He's done to make that possible.
What Romans 10 Says About Being Saved
Paul told the church in Rome exactly what he preached about being saved, and he didn't leave anything out.
Why Salvation Is a Gift
Ephesians starts with what God did for people who couldn't save themselves. That explains both how we belong to Him and how we can begin to grow.
Faith When You Have Questions
A father told Jesus, "I believe; help my unbelief." He didn't have to pretend he was more confident than he was.
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Jesus and bad religion
When You're Done with Church
Maybe you still believe in Jesus. You just don't want another round of what happened at church.
Jesus Is Enough
You don't need a religious group's extra requirements to finish what Jesus started. He has the power and the authority to save you.
You Don't Have to Keep Paying for Your Sins
God forgave you in Christ. Your guilt isn't a debt somebody else gets to collect.
When Someone Adds Rules to Your Faith
A practice that helps somebody follow Jesus doesn't automatically become a requirement for everybody else.
When People Use God to Get Their Way
A position of authority doesn't give someone permission to mistreat you. Colossians gives people with power some instructions of their own.
What a Good Church Should Be Like
Compassion, kindness, honesty, patience, and room to grow ought to be ordinary church life. Colossians explains why.
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That You May Know
How You Can Know You're Saved
John wrote to people who believed in Jesus so they could know they had eternal life. He expected them to believe him.
When You Fail Jesus
Peter denied knowing Jesus three times. The risen Jesus still had a place for him.
When You Don't Feel Saved
God's promise is still true on the days when you're having trouble believing it applies to you.
What If I've Got Something Wrong?
The Christians in Rome disagreed about important religious questions. Paul told them God was able to make them stand.
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Life with God
You Belong to God
God calls believers His children. He means for us to live with Him as family.
Talking to God
Knowing God wants you changes what you expect when you pray. You can tell Him the truth and ask for help.
Getting to Know Jesus
The Gospels give you something definite to learn about Jesus: what He said, what He did, and how He treated people.
Why Christians Get Baptized
In baptism, God publicly marks believers as His children. There's good news in it for the person being baptized.
Loving People in Real Life
Paul tells people who are already loved and forgiven how to treat each other. There's plenty to do close to home.
Living by Grace
Paul worked hard because Christ had already taken hold of him. Grace gave him something to do.
Sermons
From the sermons
Love Is Loyalty
We've worn the word 'love' plumb out. John meant something tougher, plainer, and a whole lot more within reach: loyalty.
When You Blame Yourself
Being hurt by somebody you trust can make you wonder whether you're the problem.
God Wants to Forgive You
God knew what we'd done when He sent Jesus for us. He wanted us back.
One Guy Loved the Church. One Ran It Into the Ground.
What do you want people to say about you in 2,000 years? It's not a trick question. The answer shapes everything in between.
They don't experience death
What about the guy who died before the story was over? Did God come down for him?
It doesn't say hair
Many translations hang Absalom by his hair. 2 Samuel 18:9 does not say hair.
A Father and His Two Sons
Both sons had misunderstood their father. Jesus told their story to people who'd misunderstood God.
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