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A Violent Grace by Michael Card Reflections on what the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished through His death on the Cross Chapter titles of the book, A Violent Grace 1. He was born to die so I could be born to new life.[ John 1:10-12 ] 2. He suffered temptation so I can experience victory.[ Hebrews…

The Parable of the Pies by Annmarie Williams It was a cool, crisp morning. My list of things to do was long and varied. Suddenly I heard a loud knock. Answering the door, I found the most amazing Man I had ever met. Never having been much of a follower, I was surprised to find…

“The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you’” (Jer. 31:3). Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,… to the praise…

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17, KJV. [In Matthew 5:3-10, the Beatitudes] remind us of certain primary, central truths about the whole Christian position … The Christian gospel places all its primary emphasis upon being,…

[Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God” Philippians 1:11, NKJV.] [For Paul] everything always ends in Christ and with Christ. He is the final point. He is the explanation of Paul’s living and his whole outlook upon life… Christ is all-sufficient for every…

From Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by the author of Pilgrims Progress (1678) . Now did my chains fall off my legs indeed, I was loosed from my affliction and irons, my temptations had fled away; so that, from that time, those dreadful scriptures of God [about judgment to come] left off to…

A Testimony by David H. Sin has ruled my life. Early in my Christian walk I made deliberate choices to sin and go against God. Sin became a habit and a way of life. Some people call this an addiction, which it was, but more importantly, it is the result of repeated choices to go…

One of the most important incentives for your spiritual growth and fellowship with God is the assurance of salvation (1 John 5:13). If you are not confident that your name is written in the Book of Life, how can you be secure in depending on Christ moment by moment here and now? However, one of…

The Christians Choice: Self-Life or Christ-Life. Which? By Philip Mauro (1859-1952) “For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose…

“Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places” (Eph. 1:20). “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col.…