Why couldn't God wave his hand and remove our sin?

He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. - Hebrews 9:12 (ESV)

Why couldn't God wave his hand and remove our sin? Read more

The incredible promises of the New Covenant

In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. - Hebrews 8:13 (ESV)

Jeremiah the prophet speaks astounding words to those in exile - there will come a day when God will make a new covenant with his beloved people. When something new comes, the old is obsolete. It is no longer valid or effective. The newness of the new covenant is so astounding and final that it gives us an unwavering hope in the faithfulness of God to save, redeem, transform, and usher us into his eternal presence at the end of this age. Read more

Have you ever felt lost or alone?

...conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. - 1 Peter 1:17 b-21 (ESV)

Have you ever felt lost or alone? Have you ever been in despair because you just can’t seem to fit in or find a place where you can belong? Unfortunately, those emotions have plagued many of us. Living in our sinful and broken world is difficult. But Peter wants to offer hope. While we live as strangers and aliens in this world, he points us to a place where we can find rest and a place to belong.