2013-12-10T06:00:04-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/sin/ http://faithgateway.com/god-plan-save-people/ 2013-12-10T06:00:04-05:00 Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for them, He was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the Lord relented because of their groaning under those who oppressed and afflicted them. — Judges 2:18 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my […] http://faithgateway.com/community-everybodys-weird/ 2013-11-20T06:00:03-05:00 To make a start where we are, we must recognize that our world is not normal, but only usual at present. — DALLAS WILLARD Community is the place where the person you least want to live with always lives. — HENRI NOUWEN We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who […] http://faithgateway.com/robe-of-righteousness/ 2013-11-13T06:00:04-05:00 You were all clothed with Christ. — Galatians 3:27 We eat our share of forbidden fruit. We say what we shouldn’t say. Go where we shouldn’t go. Pluck fruit from trees we shouldn’t touch. And when we do, the door opens, and the shame tumbles in. And we hide. We sew fig leaves… We cover ourselves […] http://faithgateway.com/did-devil-really-make-me-do-it/ 2013-10-31T06:00:04-05:00 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. — 1 Corinthians 10:13 Early on in my […] http://faithgateway.com/weak-is-new-strong/ 2013-10-23T06:00:03-05:00 Let’s review Samson’s vows: 1. Don’t get drunk. 2. Don’t touch anything dead. 3. Don’t ever cut your hair. Not exactly rocket science there. But what does Mr. Strong do? Now [Samson’s] father went down to see the woman. And there Samson held a feast, as was customary for young men. — Judges 14:10 The […] http://faithgateway.com/jesus-religion-gods-scandalous-grace/ 2013-10-07T08:10:54-05:00 Religion says, “God will love you IF…” / Jesus says, “God so loved…” When I had been following Jesus for almost a year, I was already seen as the token Christian guy on my college baseball team. I didn’t go to parties with the team and didn’t talk about girls the way they did. It was […] http://faithgateway.com/how-can-i-forgive-myself/ 2013-10-04T14:52:02-05:00 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. How often have you heard someone say, “I know God has forgiven me, but I will never be able to forgive myself”? Such self-condemnation can spring from several sources, but it is, in any case, an enemy God has […] http://faithgateway.com/god-is-greater-than-your-guilty-conscience/ 2013-10-04T14:49:58-05:00 God Says, “Repent of Your Sin, and I Will Forgive You.” David began Psalm 32 with the words: “How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit.” How blessed. In other […] http://faithgateway.com/evicted-from-eden/ 2013-10-04T14:47:45-05:00 Where sin increased, grace increased all the more. — Romans 5:20 Adam and Eve’s home in the garden of Eden is the first identified stretch of property in recorded history. It was located in the Fertile Crescent, which was at the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the northwest corner of the Persian Gulf. The climate […] http://faithgateway.com/all-for-love/ 2013-10-04T14:43:19-05:00 He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. — Isaiah 53:5 (NIV) Flogged… Bits of glass and rocks shredded the flesh of His back…. Crucified… Nailed to the rough wood of the cross and left […]