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Living at the same time as the prophet Isaiah, Micah faced many of the same pressures and concerns. The Northern Kingdom of Israel had already fallen, and the people of Judah were caught between mighty powers of the earth. The book of Micah brings many of
William Stafford was once asked in an interview, “When did you decide to be a poet?” He responded that the question was put wrongly: everyone is born a poet. I just kept on doing, he said, what everyone starts out doing. “The real question is why di
Each week of this Advent season, we will be looking at Advent through the eyes of those who prophesied about the coming of Christ. In this first week, we are going to be looking at a couple of the key passages about Christ’s coming in the book of Isaiah
We are forgetters. I know that’s probably not a word, but it’s true. We are people in constant need of reminders, lest we wander off and lose sight of what we’re living for. One of the great tools of combating our forgetfulness and tendency to drift
Whispering Pines Church invites you to join us for our Community Thanksgiving Service! The service will be a time of praise and reflection on the goodness of God. After the service we will enjoy a time of fellowship and share a wonderful Thanksgiving meal
Last week Paul told his readers “...we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.” (Romans 7:6) This is a bold statement, and now he h
This second segment of chapter 6 describes the new servanthood of believers to righteousness. Christians are freed from sin’s power for a reason, to serve righteousness. They have been brought from death to life, brought on by their new master. Follower
In Romans 6, Paul uses a human argument to convey the message that Christians are free from the bondage to sin. Many members of the Roman congregation, statistically, would have been slaves or former slaves. Paul does not avoid this issue but uses it to m
In the second half of Romans 5, Paul discusses the reign of death brought about by the sin of Adam and all human beings from Adam until Christ. All people have sinned and face death as a result. But now, the grace of God has come to believers by the grace
In chapter 5, Paul begins to tease out the implications of the fact that we are justified by faith in Christ. Sunday, we’ll take a look at what this beautiful reality means for us. -Daniel Martinez
Romans: In View of God’s Mercy 4:1-25 One of the great mysteries of the Christian faith is this: we are at the same time in the eyes of God, sinful and righteous. We are both worthy and unworthy. Both need to be held in tension. Without remembering that
Romans: In View of God’s Mercy 3:21-31 God is not fickle. He doesn’t change his mind. In the time leading up to Christ, He made His desires for His people clear – they should live with faithful obedience. This hasn’t changed. The requirements are