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Our faith matures when we trust God through the storm. And since God knows this about us, He allows trials to touch us so He can mature us to use us. In other words, faith that is not tested cannot be trusted. "My brethren...

Apathy towards Christ can be more dangerous than enmity towards Him. You see, God would rather we be hot or cold in our faith rather than lukewarm and abusing grace. (Apathy can be defined as not being appalled...

Through the lens of the cross, forgiveness is not something God does partially, it is something He has done fully and freely. You see, Jesus didn't say, "I am finished." He said, "It is finished" (John 19:30). And because "it is finished" by Him, sin can be forgiven in me.

God forgives sin not because of any merit in the sinner, but because of the infinite merit of the Savior. In other words, forgiveness comes because of God's mercy for His name's sake over our own merit and goodness sake. "I write to you, little children...

Freedom has a price. And that price was paid by those who have laid down their lives. This is true for the state of our land and especially true for the state of our soul. Jesus said, "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends" (John 15:13).

God owes us nothing, yet in Christ, He gave us everything. "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8:32)