Do you think of yourself in terms of a saint? This is our identity in Jesus and yet I don’t think I remember this often enough. “To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in...
Last week brought us officially into the Advent season with the reading of Psalm 24. My Grampa Spano loved this psalm and in particular verses 3-4. I can well remember him teaching me, as a little girl, to keep my heart clean and to be truthful. It is to this person...
While R.C. Sproul is not a new name to me, Growing In Holiness is the first book I have read by this pastor and author. Living out the life of a believer is a process of growth and is most often met with difficulties which challenge our growth in holiness. This book...
“But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.” (1 Peter 1:15, NLT) I have something against the lying voices that noise our world. They tell you to swap your integrity … to barter your convictions … to...
This was our fourth week in the Hello Mornings study, A Faith That Endures. Paul had us thinking about the return of the Lord, church leaders, and our own spiritual growth. ~*~*~ We began the week with reading 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5 where Paul talks about “the...