“How do we bring glory to God? …

• Post Author:Tom Kaastra
• Post published:07/28/2019
• Post Category:(10) The Measure of Life

...The Bible’s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.” —Sinclair B. Ferguson

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Christ and creation—Jesus: the tool of construction

• Post Author:Tom Kaastra
• Post published:07/28/2019
• Post Category:(02) The Maker of Life

Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. (1 Corinthians 1:24) In the last post in this series, we learned that whereas the Father “is the ultimate…

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Christ and creation—Jesus: agent of creation

• Post Author:Tom Kaastra
• Post published:07/28/2019
• Post Category:(02) The Maker of Life

God created everything through Jesus, and nothing was created except through Jesus. (John 1:3) Remember John Lennon’s song “Imagine”? Well, for this post you will need to imagine. You own…

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Is the devil personal?

• Post Author:Tom Kaastra
• Post published:07/28/2019
• Post Category:(14) The Monster of Life

During that time the devil came and said to Jesus, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.” Jesus told him, “No! The…

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Manifestation of life—the church: a service center

• Post Author:Tom Kaastra
• Post published:07/28/2019
• Post Category:(03) The Model of Life / (11) The Manifestation of Life

God is building a dwelling place. He used the apostles … for the foundation. Now He’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone,  with Christ Jesus…

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