by EvanCourtney | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, October Binge The Bible
Read it – Hebrews 11 NLT Live it – Today’s text is a soaring treatise on the subject of faith. It starts by giving a definition of faith. Hebrews 11:1 (NLT) states, “Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.”...
by EvanCourtney | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, October Binge The Bible
Read it- Genesis 12:1-9; 15:1-6; 22:1-19 Live it- Today, we finish Luther’s emphasis on Sola Fide, salvation by faith alone. Pastor Rod challenged us to know what faith is through the great heroes of the faith. Now, we will look at Abraham, one of those heroes of the...
by EvanCourtney | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, October Binge The Bible
Read it- Luke 24:25-27; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 2:17-3:1 Live it- For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5 NLT Solus Christus is the assertion that Christ alone is the basis by which sinners are...
by EvanCourtney | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, October Binge The Bible
Read it- John 14:6, John 15:5 NLT Live it- One important belief that Martin Luther challenged was the concept that works, including penance, indulgences, and sacraments, were means of obtaining salvation. Aren’t you thankful that Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for...
by EvanCourtney | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, October Binge The Bible
Read it – John 14:1-14 NLT Live it – It is the final week before the Crucifixion of Jesus. He has just predicted that Peter would deny Him three times. Then in an effort to comfort his disciples and bolster their faith, He encourages them to not be...
by EvanCourtney | Oct 1, 2023 | 2023, October Binge The Bible
Read it- Revelation 1:9-18 NLT Live it- This is the last of the devotionals on Christ Alone. As Pastor Gary noted, Luther was fighting against the Roman Catholic understanding that Jesus’s salvation-work only took care of part of the sin problem: that we have to do...
