We know we’re going to die—it’s as inevitable as buttered toast landing face-down—but Romans 6:5 asks whether that death has to mean the same thing it did before Christ.
A voyage to the moon can feel finished once splashdown comes and the pictures stop, yet those who flew it insist it is only the start. Romans 6 challenges us to see the same of Easter: we’re not at the end of our old debt, but the beginning of our new life in Jesus.
Pastor Tim talks the struggles we have with life and how God offers us joy by resting in Him.
Pastor Tim talks about baptism and what it is really about.
We’ve all felt stuck in the middle—watching God work powerfully somewhere else while wondering if He’s forgotten us. In Genesis 21 the long-promised son finally arrives and the house fills with laughter, yet Isaac almost vanishes into the background of his own story. Even there, something unseen is still moving.
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“No, Christ died once for all. The Lord’s Supper is a covenant meal celebrating Christ’s atoning work; as it is also a means of strengthening our faith as we look to him, and a foretaste of the future feast. But those who take part with unrepentant hearts eat and drink judgment on themselves.”).
Melanie helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What is the Lord’s Supper?”) as we continue to explore what exactly it is that Baptism does.
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?”) as we continue to explore what exactly it is that Baptism does.
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What is Baptism?”) as begin our examination of what baptism is and what it means to be baptized.
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What are the sacraments or ordinances?”) as we start a section of the catechism considering Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.