Devotions
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Devotion #3: Choose Your Law
Throughout Romans chapter 7, Paul talks about this relationship between the Law of the Old Testament and sin. Starting in verse 7, he dives…
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Devotion #2: The Temptation of the Trash
We consider ourselves to be dog people. We have a sweet, 9-year-old rescue dog named Ruby. Ruby is a border collie/boxer mix (or so…
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Devotion #1: Fall Forward
“For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.”…
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Devotion #6: To Our Core
Have you ever read the Ten Commandments and felt a strange mix of awe and dread? I remember the first time I really pondered…
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Devotion #5: Not Knowing What We Don’t Know
“What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would…
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Devotion #4: Am I Bearing Fruit?
“Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him…
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Devotion #3: Married, Buried, Raised, and Remarried
“Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him…
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Devotion #2: Detentions, Suspensions, and Even Worse
I remember when I was in 7th grade, my class was so poorly behaved that the school had to put really strict rules in…
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Devotion #1: Context
Context is everything! It is one of the fundamental aspects of studying Scripture. Without proper context, we can take a verse or a passage…
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Devotion #6: Created to Serve Him
“For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from…
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Devotion #4: The Choice
In Romans 6:15-16, Paul explains two ways to live: in the bondage of sin or the freedom found in obedience to God. He writes,…
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Devotion #3: Willing Slaves
“What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Do you not know that to whom you…