If I am dead to sin, why do I still sin?

The longer you've been in Christ, the more sensitive you become to your own sin, and probably a little bit more disgusted with yourself, in fact, that you become more aware of your own sin tendencies and your own nature, and there can be a frustration because you know theologically, sin has been def...

Oct 11, 2023

Was the Old Testament a waste of time?

In some parts of the country there is a tradition to be called a New Testament church. And while I understand the sentiment that the New Testament is where we most fully see the revelation of Jesus Christ, the fact is without the Old Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John don't make sense. Because...

Oct 5, 2023

If Jesus triumphed over sin and death, why do we still experience them?

When we look at the whole Bible, there is a redemptive plan of God from Genesis to Revelation, and it's not immediate and believe it or not, the entire plan of God is not centered around you and not centered around me. So while the cross of Christ has accomplished the defeat of sin and death and Sat...

Sep 27, 2023

Jesus doesn't love me the way I am?

When we think about the love of God toward us, we're so tempted to immediately go to our own merits, and if we don't feel we have enough merits to achieve the love of God, which we don't, and that's true, then we have to go to the opposite extreme to say, well, God just loves me just the way I am. W...