There’s an enemy that everyone faces—containment! Every Bible hero battled this; Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Elijah and the Apostle Paul. Containment means to keep someone restrained, limited and afraid of moving forward. Have you ever felt that doubts and fears have kept you from stepping out into something better? Simon Peter had experienced God’s love, he […]
Author: Peter Youngren
A Lesson That Jairus Taught
Jesus is the Anointed One! Believe in Jesus! Come to Jesus! Jesus preached that the Holy Spirit had anointed Him, Luke 4:18. In fact Simon Peter later on said that this was the message Jesus preached throughout all of Judea, Acts 10:36-38. Look at what happened in the house of Jairus, the ruler of the […]
Must Grace Be Balanced With Truth?
QUESTION: The message of God’s grace and love has liberated me and helped me discover Jesus and the Bible afresh. My pastor often quotes John 1:17, The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. The idea is that the message of grace must be balanced with truth about sin […]