God’s Wondrous Love

But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.   (Rom. 5:8) Three weeks after my son John was born, we had to rush him to the hospital. He had a virus, and his whole system was shutting down. Every night I stayed with him—touching his little …

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The Grace of Jesus

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  (1 Cor. 1:18) For 30 years, “Alice” had been carrying around a terrible burden of guilt and shame over something she had done in her twenties.  She had sought …

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Jesus – Our Hope Now and Forever More

And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’   (Matthew 27:46)   I grew up thinking that it was a sin to have doubts and that that God would withdraw Himself from us if we had them.  I’m not …

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