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What’s Love Got to Do with It?

Peter March 16, 2018

Agape (love) is often defined as what we do for others, as if it can only exist in relation to others on the horizontal level. This is only partially true. The truth is we received it on the vertical level. The capacity to have this love for others comes from God. In the Bible, it is a fruit of the Spirit. This means we cannot have it without the Spirit of Christ within us. It is some . . .

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Transformational Repentance Causes Personal Redemption

Peter September 6, 2017

What is repentance? The common answer describes it as recognizing that one has sinned and consequently feeling remorse. Yet repentance as described in the Word is deeper in meaning. The Bible illustrates repentance as a transition from dependence on oneself to a dependence on God.

This change is very meaningful since repentance involves a submission of ourselves to God. We entrust to him ou . . .