This year our church, Green Pond Bible Chapel, put together an Advent Devotional. With contributions from many of our members, we took focus on the hope, love, peace, and joy that Christ brought us and how we can respond in faith this Christmas Season. Below is my submission on Jeremiah 31:31-34 and the hope we …
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Rules can do a lot of good for your children. God’s role for His law was to restrain and expose sin (1 Tim 1:8-11). With a clear set of good rules parents are able to protect their children from sin’s destruction. With a clear set of good rules parents are able to help their children …
Think of a time when it was difficult for you to love your child. Not when it was difficult to smile at them or think positively about them… But when it was difficult to seek their best at any cost. More than likely, it was either while they were steeped in sin or right after …
The Bible is the very word of God. It is the source of truth and life, and thus studying the Bible is the very foundation of Christian life. It expands and refines our knowledge of God’s glory and the gospel. It builds up our trust in and obedience of God. It teaches us what God …
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We live in an age of constant, instantaneous, never-far-from, and ever-imposing digital glitz and glam. Many pixels have been spilt on how our attention to media and its delivery systems have shaped us. One of the chief results of our media-intaking moment is a rise in distracted behavior. I don’t mean those fleeting thoughts that …
A few weeks ago, we discussed spending our free time on spiritual disciplines - let’s return to the subject of spending time and ask this – what do your free time activities tell you about your heart? There is a heart level competition for what you love the most. What we spend our free time …
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In the book of Lamentations, Jeremiah describes how God’s holiness interacts with Israel’s unfaithfulness. For God, judging Israel is the perfect exercise of His covenant faithfulness. For Israel, receiving God’s judgment for their unfaithfulness is devastating. Jeremiah tries to capture this holy devastation from God in his writings. His hope is to alert Israel to …
Continue reading God’s Arrows, Your Kidneys (A Devotional on Lamentations 3:13)
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