Christ is the beating heart of Christian faith and its only object.
This is the basic argument of To Gaze upon God: that we who now see as if behind a veil will one day enjoy the unveiled splendor of God himself, who will dwell with us forever.
We love hearing about Jesus, but we also love hearing about how much effort we need to exert to truly pull off this whole “Christian life” thing.

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Edward's goal of teaching his people to know the scriptures and to believe that their salvation depended on Christ is also essential for us today.
Today, we begin a short series profiling women in the Bible (Who are not named Ruth or Esther). Both the stories of Ruth and Esther are beautiful, gracious, and profound. We love reading and rereading them. However, in an attempt to bring attention to more stories of more women throughout the Scriptures, we choose now to shift our focus. Our first woman, is, the first woman herself: Eve.
We continue to run the race, knowing the victory has been won and given to us through Christ Jesus.
People are searching for connection, direction, and hope in a troubled world, and we can use their star-shaped questions to point them to the shape of the cross.
This Jesus, Savior of sinners, does not do his work from afar. He comes to dwell with us, humbling himself, taking on flesh, that we might be redeemed.
Like Luther and like Hannah, we also receive God’s promise.
When we genuinely measure ourselves, we will find ourselves dreadfully lacking.
Saying the words of the prayer together meant that if my voice became too weak or shaky, other voices would be around to support and continue the message.
A change during a time of crisis is nothing new; it's an experience we can see throughout history.