28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:28-29 ESV) Our faith needs to mature into a place where it cannot be shaken. We inherited a kingdom that...

21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord![a] This...

13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper,    but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.14 Blessed is the one who fears the Lord[a] always,    but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity. Yesterday we spoke about repentance. Today, let us take a look at a hardened heart. In this world that tells us at every...

37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of...

15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. (James 4:15-17 ESV) We think we...