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More than a billion Christians today rightly reject the claims of the papacy, not because various popes have nothing to teach us, but because such claims do not align with sacred Scripture or the beliefs of the early Church.

Whatever you're presently facing, whatever is weighing you down, whatever is dominating your thoughts and tempting you to trust in something other than God, then please know that the resurrection of Jesus provides us with constant reassurance that everything belongs to the risen King and we belong to him.

The entire Old Testament makes at least one point clear with deafening repetition: there is only God. But Isaiah chapters 40-46 may be the epicenter of that repetition. As Yahweh, through the prophet, addresses his people's temptation to rely on idols, over and over again he makes it clear that he alone is God.

If I asked you to think about some passages that help us better understand the Holy Spirit, it wouldn't be surprising if chapters like John 14-16 came to mind or Galatians 5. But if you're looking for the most 'bang for your buck' when it comes to the Spirit in Scripture, nothing compares with Romans 8.

Before you observe Christmas as a Christian this year, ask yourself, "Am I celebrating the holiday simply because it's fun, or because it's tradition, or because of family, or... because everyone else is doing it?" Or, "Am I eager to 'observe the day... in honor of the Lord'?". "Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind." 

Whatever one believes about the legal questions surrounding abortion, almost all of us are deeply concerned with the morality of life and death, and with laws that protect an individual, human life (or as Thomas Jefferson expressed it, laws that protect "certain unalienable Rights... among these are Life..."). That means the most important question regarding abortion is not "When should it be legal?" or "Who has a say on this matter?", but "When does an individual, human life begin?"

For many decades, popular media (from books and movies to social media posts) has routinely depicted something called "the mark of the beast" in frightening and Orwellian (think "1984") terms. But does the book of the Revelation support the idea that this is a literal mark that will one day be used to secure allegiance to some global movement opposed to God and God's people?

While Christians today often wrestle with marriage questions related to divorce or homosexuality, one issue discussed less often concerns marrying outside the faith; that is, when a genuine believer marries (or plans to marry) an unbeliever. It may be surprising to some that the New Testament does not include a verse that explicitly says, "Christians should not marry non-Christians."

Here is a collection of helpful verses and quotes related to my message, "Why the Good News is So Good". I pray these are as encouraging to you as they were to me