"For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins." – Hebrews 10:4The sacrificial system was always a shadow. A pointer. A whisper of something greater. Every animal laid on the altar was a sermon—preaching that sin brings death, and that blood is required. But none of those sacrifices could actually remove sin. They were placeholders. Until Jesus came. The final sacri...  Read More

"Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned." – Romans 5:12We don’t just have a sin problem—we have a sin nature. It’s not just that we mess up sometimes. It’s that we’re fundamentally bent away from God from birth. We’re not good people who make mistakes. We’re sinners in need of rescue. That’s offe...  Read More

"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." – Genesis 3:15When life feels chaotic and you’re tempted to believe everything is unraveling, you need to hear this: God is not panicked. He’s not pacing the throne room wondering what to do with your mess. His plan of redemption didn’t start in Genesis 3. ...  Read More

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.” - Galatians 5:22-25You can fake religious activity. You can perform good deeds...  Read More

“But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ and be found in him…” - Philippians 3:7-11Paul was the poster child for religious s...  Read More

“I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” - Galatians 2:20To be crucified with Christ is not a poetic metaphor—it’s a violent reality. It’s the daily death of pride, ego, and self-sufficiency.The cross you carry is not hypothetical. It will have flesh-and-blood consequences. It will mean denying sinful desires. It will mean walking in purity when culture sa...  Read More