Jesus’ Good News is for Sinners, Not the Righteous
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1764|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Adobe-Spark16-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] Humans tend to think that Jesus is only for good people. They think that “bad” people aren’t worthy of Jesus and don’t fit his “criteria.” Luke 5 records a story that surprises the religious leaders […]
Judgement
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1744|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Adobe-Spark15-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]Esther 9 is a passage that might first strike us as violent and hateful. It is interesting as we dig deeper into it that it actually portrays God’s justice and his hate for sin. It was […]
Pride
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1739|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Adobe-Spark14-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]This part of Esther teaches us all about pride. Pride is the greatest and most insidious of all human sin – and also the most dangerous. There is only one cure for pride – tune in […]
Grace Produces Greatness
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1735|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Adobe-Spark13-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]This passage unpacks the reality that God doesn’t need us to do His work, but He wants us to. It is through His grace and by His grace that we are given the courage to do […]