The gospel gives us more than forgiveness—it gives us family.
John Held unpacks the incredible truth of adoption: through Christ, we are welcomed as sons and daughters of the living God.
Adoption means access to God’s presence, security in His love, an eternal inheritance, and even His loving discipline that shapes us into Christ’s likeness.
To be declared righteous is amazing, but to be embraced as children of the Father is the greatest privilege of all.
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This Easter sermon teaches that through the cross, Jesus took on and destroyed humanity’s sin in His flesh, and through the resurrection, He was vindicated—proving that sin and death no longer have power over Him or those united to Him. Because of this, believers...
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This sermon explains that Job is a righteous man whose suffering is not a result of wrongdoing, but part of a larger, complex purpose under God’s authority, even as the accuser challenges the sincerity of his faith. Despite losing everything and enduring intense...