It’s hard to find time to consistently read through the Bible, so why not have a partner? Whether you’re a skeptic, seeker, or believer going deeper, together we’ll conversationally read the Bible, explore the truth claims of Christianity, and learn to live #ForTheHope of Jesus.
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One theme that bubbles up today:Doubt…is a wistful longing to be sure of the things in which we trust. ~Alistair McGrathRoger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:In sin’s ruin, we repent and pray for God’s mercy.Roger Courville
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What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. ~AW TozerRoger Courville
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Your options are limited, the fruit is evident, and the consequences are eternal.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:Compare up, not out.Roger Courville
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God looks upon the heart because there is where life’s destiny decided.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:God’s values are complete inversions of the world’s values.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:Even if we face Satan exerting his power as ruler of this world, we should not be surprised that God defends those who are his own.Roger Courville
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Messiah, like the Israelites of old, was brought out of Egypt.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:Know your Bible to get the right Messiah.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:God is jealous for his own glory and for the good of his people, which means we should live zealously toward those same ends.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:Defend the faith, strengthen yourselves, be merciful to those who are weak.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:The differences between Paul and a legalist: the reason for one’s conduct, the depth of one’s behavior, and the results of personal actions.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:Even at work you’re a witness by simply wearing robes of grace.Roger Courville
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Growth in “godliness” is the hallmark of the true gospelRoger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:There is no neutral — we either choose Christ’s way, or we fall into the devices of Satan.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:The only way we rise to the importance of preserving and passing on the gospel is to endure in the grace of God.Roger Courville
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Persuading people to believe lies ruins lives in the direction of death.Roger Courville
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How to respond relationally & spirituallyRoger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:God reacts to us when we respond to others.Roger Courville
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God will not break the broken.There is strength in honesty.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:The trusting life is the blessed life.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:What we believe shapes how we live.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:We can respond to God when we feel forgottenRoger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:God’s grace doesn’t help us avoid suffering…it’s helps us maintaing hope through suffering.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:The opposite of idolatry is intimacy. The cure for worshiping false gods is to know the one true God.Roger Courville
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We should fear a fake faith.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:Let’s be a “Jesus first, others second, me third” church for God’s gloryRoger Courville
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No one is righteous and exempt from God’s judgement, including the state.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:God seeks the return of everyone — whether returning for the first time or the thousandth time.Roger Courville
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The Jews, like you and me, have an eternal choice to make.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:God’s saving promises to Israel are irrevocable since they depend upon his word of promise and his electing grace.Roger Courville
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What do we wait for? The rescue of the body from sin and death that will happen when it is raised from the dead…because hope transforms sufferingRoger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:The Spirit’s presence in our lives inevitably produces fruit pleasing to God. Thus, we are secure. But the Spirit does not do his work apart from our response.Roger Courville
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In Christ, we’re not free to do what we want, we’re free to do what we ought.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:Life’s most important question is “How can one have peace with God?” The answer: to be declared just in God’s sight.Roger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:Right standing with God comes through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross.Roger Courville
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All people, Jews and Gentiles alike, have sinned and therefore all are held accountable to God.Roger Courville
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If you don’t have the right Jesus, you don’t have the right gospelRoger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:The gospel is not fundamentally a message about our lives, it’s a declaration about God’s son, the man Jesus.Roger Courville
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The church is defined by the gospel, not by one culture, historical period, human tradition, or state of freedom.Roger Courville
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We have history on our side in showing that God’s prophetic statements have come trueRoger Courville
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No matter what, we simply pass along what we’ve received (and are thus shaped in the process)Roger Courville
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“Adoration of God, like the Law of God, acts as a mirror to show us the blemishes of our character and drive us to a posture of contrition.” ~RC SproulRoger Courville
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Sometimes it’s the most casual and normal happenings that really reflect divine involvement in our lives.Roger Courville
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“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” ~C.S. LewisRoger Courville
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A disciple of Jesus has to go and do what God commands, no matter the danger involved.Roger Courville
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The duty of lay leaders, particularly church officers, is to guard the flock.Roger Courville
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When the gospel of Jesus Christ invades the domain of Satan, spiritual warfare is bound to occurRoger Courville
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One theme that bubbles up today:The gospel can make headway even in places reputed to be dens of iniquity.Roger Courville
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