Starting the new year with a Bible reading plan has become cliché. But don’t let that stop you from doing it anyway. The legalists may say they will not plan to read the Bible in 2025 because they need to break the “should” cycle in their lives. The...
The peace that Christ accomplished for us through his death on the cross is ours through union with him. Now we live with his peace ruling in our hearts to settle us before God and guide the way we relate to one another in the...
As I shared earlier this week, the Lord has used the simple practices of prayer, Bible reading, and participation in the church to keep me growing in grace and following him since the day of my conversion. As we approach 2025, I encourage you to make growing...
In this week’s episode, Scott and Josh discuss the differences between personality traits and Christlikeness. The Words of Grace Podcast seeks to clarify, amplify, and apply the Sunday morning sermon at Grace Community Church. From time to time we will address other topics. We hope these...
We become a new self in Christ by the grace of God through the work of the Holy Spirit. We become like Christ as the Spirit of God gives us the power to put on the characteristics of the new self. Putting on these qualities...
Images are used to help explain realities, but it’s important that we interpret them well so that we know what is real. This is the case with Colossians 3 and the clothing imagery used to communicate the new self in Christ and the practices that are...
How does our new self help us in our everyday walk with Christ? Scott and Josh discuss this and more in this week's episode. The Words of Grace Podcast seeks to clarify, amplify, and apply the Sunday morning sermon at Grace Community Church. From time to...
Union with Christ means we have been raised with him from death to life. We are new people, spiritually alive to God while in our mortal bodies. This is the reality for all who are “in Christ.” Now, as new selves, we put on the...
“The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.” Psalm 147:10 Fear and hope are friends when they reside in the heart of one whose eyes have seen the glory and grace of the Lord. Psalm 147 is a great Thanksgiving...
As those who are united to Christ in his death and resurrection, now sharing his life and awaiting his glory, we put to death the sin in us. Putting sin to death is possible because we have died with Christ to sin and have been...
