Galatians
Forming Christ: “Conflicting Feelings”
“Do what feels right to you,” is almost a cultural manifesto. The problem with everyone doing what feels right to themselves is that, in our sin-soaked-selves, we desire that wh...
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Forming Christ: “Death to Self; Life in Christ” (Northview 100 years celebration)
We live in a society that wants to improve things a little bit at a time. We believe that if we just keep going with our good intentions we’ll eventually enjoy “the good life.” ...
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Desert Wisdom: Identity
No matter how long we spend in the desert the goal is always to leave it again. However, this isn’t like a vacation because, when desert time is done right, we take the desert w...
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Desert Wisdom: Union
God doesn’t just strip us down. He washes us and gives us new clothes to put on. In fact, he gives us Christ to put on. God’s goal for us is not simply to follow rules, avoiding...
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Christianity is a Straitjacket
Imagine the Riders coach threw out the rulebook and told the players to just do what feels good to them on the field. Is there any validity to the claim that Christian faith pra...
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The Fruit of the Spirit
How will we know if we are walking by the Spirit, rather than the power of Sin? Well, each ruler produces a certain type of life; one conforms to the flesh which brings death an...
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Women’s Work
We have recognized that in Christ Jesus there is no distinction between male and female, that God has called us all to be his ministers. However, we have to also recognize that ...
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