Go On to Maturity

“Therefore, let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal...

Competent to Care: The Church Being the Church

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.”—I Timothy 3:16-17 “His divine power has granted to us all things that...

Gospel-Rooted Living

Moving forward in the faith means we must pick up our crosses, deny ourselves, and allow for Christ to be formed in us as we imitate him. 1. Paul urges the Galatians to imitate him (v. 12). “The Galatians must not only endorse Paul’s gospel but must also conform to...

Do Not Return to Slavery

Since we have been justified by faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone, and have been made sons of God by this same faith alone in Jesus Christ alone, we must not turn our faith into a works-based religion. 1. Remember who we once were (v.8). “The basic principle of the...