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Reflections on life as a disciple of Jesus, and training recommendations for Disciples
Jesus Offers us New Character
There are multiple vantage points from which we can look at the Christian life. One of these vantage points is that Jesus makes all things new, as we introduced in our previous devotional. One of the items Jesus makes new is our character. In this video, we look at...
Jesus Gives us New Identity
Jesus came to make all things new, and this includes our identity. If we could just grasp who we are in Jesus, that reality would transform our lives. In this video we will reference and read passages that define the new identity we receive in Jesus.
Jesus Makes all things New – 1
Happy New Year! This is a great time to think about setting aside the old and turning to the new. As those who follow Jesus, every day is the right day to learn about and experience all the aspects of the new life Jesus brings us. Every aspect of life is new in Jesus....
Advent: Greatest Promise Ever Solves the Greatest Problem Ever
The birth of Jesus is the time God began fulfilling the greatest promise ever, and the greatest promise ever is the solution to the greatest problem ever. Scripture explains for us both the problem and the solution. The problem is that we are separated from God, and...
Advent: Peter gives us a view into the angelic excitement at Jesus’s birth
In this video we look at 1 Peter 1:10-12, and think about the connection between the mystery as to how God will save the universe, what the angels did or didn't know, how the birth of Jesus began God's revelation of his plan of salvation, and how this fueled the...
Shepherds, Chosen to visit Jesus First
God reveals his own character and the life he desires for us even in the guests he invites to be the first ones to celebrate Jesus’s birth. To become one of us, he had to become one of the least of us. The Father selected humble shepherds as the ones to welcome the...