A CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL
We love Christmas but hate what it has become. Our rally cry "God with us!" still stands....
Keep ReadingFebruary 24, 2024 by Mike Sciarra
Love the Lord not the world....
November 18, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Dear Christian, we seem too often to wrongly think that everything and everyone must align to please us, or all is loss and everything is a failure. This is painful idolatry and must be replaced with sincere worship....
September 2, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
When Jesus changes your heart, your motives and affections and desires change....
August 21, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Rejoicing in Regeneration and Hope ...
August 18, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
People wonder all the time if they are really a believer. Sometimes other people see a person who says they are Christian and wonder if that is a true profession of faith. This can be for any number of reasons. But there is one specific way found in 2 Timothy 2:19 where are you can know if a person is truly a Christian....
August 17, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Let’s pattern our baptisms and church membership as closely to the scriptural pattern as we can. Let's link baptism and church membership more closely. Let's see them as part of a unified process to glorify God, build up believers, and reach the world....
July 28, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
As we live a Christ-honoring life… Pure gospel living looks different than posing for pictures It stands in stark contrast to life lived under lights A sovereign God changes our motives The authoritative Word renews our minds ...
May 20, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
As I am alive, raised, and seated with Christ by God’s grace… 5 ongoing outcomes I observe about God’s grace towards me....
February 23, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Has life put a lot of mileage on you? Are you weighed down by the toll it has taken? Are you weary? Are you troubled? Do you feel hopeless? There is hope of forgiveness in Jesus....
December 13, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Incarnation, Christmas, I can't breathe, God with us
We love Christmas but hate what it has become. Our rally cry "God with us!" still stands....
Keep ReadingDecember 11, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Baptism, believer's baptism, obedience
Why is Believer's Baptism so Important for Christians? Why do Believers Wait So Long or Never Get Baptized? What Level of Commitment and Understanding is Necessary for Baptism? Why do Unbaptized Believers Need to Be Baptized As Soon As Possible? Are you convinced yet? I hope so. If so, what should you do?...
Keep ReadingDecember 10, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Pain, Following Jesus
Those who trust in Christ face many pitfalls and God brings them through to victory. ...
Keep ReadingNovember 27, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: thanksgiving, blood, Gospel
I am thankful for the precious blood of Christ by which I'm saved. ...
Keep ReadingNovember 18, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Treasure in heaven
There is only one way to show that we truly believe this: we consider eternal things of greater value and temporal things. Don't spend all your time and effort collecting garbage, but true riches. ...
Keep ReadingNovember 15, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Witnesses, defend the faith, give an answer, lordship of Christ
The world needs Christians ready to humbly and boldly believe, speak, and live in Christ. ...
Keep ReadingNovember 10, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: War, spiritual battle, Enemies, fight, victory in Jesus
Veterans and pilgrims sing this tune. ...
Keep ReadingNovember 7, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: True riches, investing in eternity
Pour your life into what will last: people made in God's image and the Word of God. Fixate on what Jesus has done and how that transforms everything it touches. Work for what the world says at best is secondary, you will be misunderstood and maligned here, but richer there, and fulfilled in Christ, content with Him....
Keep ReadingNovember 4, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: submission, submit, Marriage, wives, husbands
You take a sensitive subject, with many opinions, strong emotions, highly subjective, and place God's objective Word next to it, and everything becomes clear. God cares and is kind and his instructions are good. Therefore we want to do what he says....
Keep ReadingOctober 15, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Substitutionary atonement, justification by faith
Wow. ...
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