Posts Tagged ‘salvation

I love teaching our new member’s class at church because people come from all different religious backgrounds and stages of spiritual growth.
I start the class by talking about salvation. We play a little game called I’m Dying In 15 Minutes:
I’m dying in the next few minutes - tell me what must I do, believe, feel, [...]

The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” [john 12:12-13]
On the Sunday morning before the crucifixion, Jesus rode in to Jerusalem [...]

I was married on December 18, 1987. Today, I am married. I plan on and look forward to being married on December 18, 2037. Three different marriages? No, one marriage to the same woman, hopefully, for many years.
My future wife and I were students at the same university for several months before I knew she [...]

God has a redemptive story. We must understand it for ourselves, and so that we can accurately and effectively share it with those who need it. According to scripture it includes the truths:
1. Humans need salvation.
2. God wants to save.
3. God can save however he wants, [...]


study, practice, teach

For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel

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