Paradoxes and Weaknesses

I don’t have to deny or hide my weakness because the beauty of them is they point to a God who promises to make me new....
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February 18, 2021 by Philip Noell
"We're called to rest and trust in God. As God says in Isaiah 30:15 “For thus said Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, 'In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.' But you were unwilling...”. God's call to us every week is to remember him and to rest in him. Instead of being a burden, the fourth commandment reminds us to stop burdening ourselves with all the cares and troubles of this world and focus on God, our redeemer and our strength."...
February 11, 2021 by Luke Yeager
"The profaning of God’s name reaches a climax in His Son’s earthly life. Jesus didn’t assume humanity to become a divine cheerleader. Rather, He came to be profanity for us. He was despised and rejected; one from whom men hide their faces. We esteemed Him not. Yet He opened not His mouth as He bore our iniquities (Isaiah 53). We profane God. But, God silently and humbly bore our profanity in Himself. He took our profanity and nailed it to the cross in His body. So that we might share in His overflowing goodness and love. That we might be remade like Him and enjoy Him. This humble savior is the same God who is utterly transcendent beyond comprehension. So now, may we confess, call upon, and praise His incredible name in reverent adoration."...
April 19, 2018 by Bronwyn Siebert | Tags: gospel, albuquerque, vision, faith, heart, hope, blog, promises, Reflection, sanctification, theology, Change, Albuquerque Church, Sermon, Albuquerque Churches, Church blog, Genesis, Revelation, Bookends, Growth, Reorient, Paradox, Head, Belief, Reframe, Gaze, Believe
I don’t have to deny or hide my weakness because the beauty of them is they point to a God who promises to make me new....
Keep ReadingAugust 3, 2017 by Joanna Hinks | Tags: gospel, love, home, Church, Change, Devotion, Bridegroom, Desire, Bride, Song of Solomon, El Hogar, Uncomfortable, albuquerque, Church blog
If I truly understand that God loves me, not just in some generic sense but intensely and personally, it changes everything. Love like that isn’t something that can be met with indifference, any more than I could respond to a marriage proposal with a shrug....
Keep ReadingOctober 12, 2016 by Pastor Jesse Harden | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, culture, Christ, Church, Race, Diversity, Ethnicity, Racism, Social Justice, Change
The Gospel not only reimagines race, it turns our conception of race in America on its head, completely upside down, and gives us a perspective and reality of a truly diverse people seen and celebrated for their distinctiveness while at the same time abolishing any and all disparity between them....
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