by OakAdmin | Oct 30, 2017 | Darin's Blog
The battle with temptation and sin is the battle to believe that Jesus is better. Every temptation holds out a promise of something better: a superior pleasure, a preferable path to happiness, a safer choice, a more comfortable option. The very first temptation the...
by OakAdmin | Oct 23, 2017 | Darin's Blog
My primary source as I preached on Joyful Ministry yesterday was John Piper’s The Legacy of Sovereign Joy. In this inspiring little book, Piper traces the connections from Saint Augustine in the early 400s to Martin Luther and John Calvin in the early to mid...
by OakAdmin | Oct 16, 2017 | Darin's Blog
Because you are loved – live a life of love Because you were chosen – live at peace Because you are justified – live...
by OakAdmin | Oct 12, 2017 | Darin's Blog
The good news of Jesus Christ is the message that all who believe in Him are saved entirely by grace and not at all by our own efforts. “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so...
by OakAdmin | Oct 9, 2017 | Darin's Blog
Philippians 2 challenges followers of Jesus to “count others more significant than yourselves,” (v. 3) by embracing the mindset of Jesus. Though Jesus was (and is) of the same substance and nature as God, he did not cling to his status and rights but...
