Second Chances
Jesus always provides another chance. God has not written you off. He has not cast you aside. Your failure is not final. While you must acknowledge and repent of your sin, Jesus waits with open arms to welcome you back, reinstate you, and use you.
Giving God a Standing “O”
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/jrn20191125.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) “You know you make me want to shout!” That joyful refrain from the Isley Brother’s tune “Shout,” is a faint echo from an earlier time. The difference is; the older song has...
Believing Without Seeing
Jesus blesses the faithful. In the words of the writer to the Hebrews, Jesus commends those who are sure of what they hope for and certain of what they don’t see. Some of these faithful were men and women who lived before Jesus. People like Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Rahab. They lived by faith even though the Gift had not been unwrapped.
He is Risen Indeed!
Today many live in a darkened world, leading lives of fear, confusion, discontentment, and despair. Searching for meaning and significance in all the wrong places. Occupying themselves with busy days. Losing sleep over things that matter little. Losing time over things that matter most.
The Resurrected Lord
Are your emotions bouncing off the wall? Are all the sounds distracting you? Is the hurried pace isolating you from others? Are you visually exhausted? Close your eyes. Jesus is alive. The resurrected Lord is here. Listen to His voice.
Community: The Most Neglected Part
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/jrn20191122.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) There is an often-forgotten aspect of love that wastes away in the dark closets of our fellowships. It’s rarely if ever, brought out, dusted off, and employed. Remarkably,...
Silence
Why would a man who claimed to be God’s Son remain silent before human authorities? How could one who resisted the temptations of Satan submit to the torment of soldiers? How could a man speak with such power and now refuse to register a defense? Why would a man who walked on water march to His death without a fight? How could a man who raised the dead…die?
Community: Why Doesn’t It Work?
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/jrn20191121.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) The pulse of a healthy church is the sum of each individual heart beating in unison with the others. Sadly, that’s not the case in many faith-communities. Instead, they need...
Will the Battles Be Worth It?
Believers know that following Christ involves sacrifice. There will be battles to fight. We want to know if the battles will be worth it. Joshua knew that they would not enter the Promised Land the next day or the day after that. There would be many battles to fight....
Surely He was the Son of God
Today, for all who trust in the work of Christ to bring them into a personal relationship with God, that same power exists. Have you trusted in Jesus as the one who made the way to God?
Community: How Does It Work?
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/jrn20191120.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) Being bound together in the body of Christ doesn’t just happen. The chain links that interlock us to one another must be carefully fashioned on the anvil of life and living....
Mission Accomplished
Mission accomplished? Only the Father and His willing Son saw beyond what looked like a miserable ending. That day Jesus took on His most important work. On the cross, He took our sins and paid our penalty. Then He cried out one word, “Tetelestai,” which means “paid in full,” and died. Mission accomplished!
Community: Why Do I Need It?
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/jrn20191119.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) Community is an individual responsibility. The whole can’t grow into full fellowship without the committed participation of each one. Ron Moore offers five essentials for the...
Unfathomable Love
Jesus’ question to the Father was a deep cry of His unfathomable love for us. Even when He felt forsaken by the Father, even when He didn’t know how much longer He could hold on, even when the pain was unimaginable, Jesus never gave up. He never gave in. Jesus paid for sin in its deepest and fullest penalty for you and me.
Community: What Does it Look Like?
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/jrn20191118.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) The Church is supposed to be a masterpiece of Christ’s image on earth, but the canvas is marred and the pigment muddied. So how can the world see the risen Savior in such a...
Mary at the Cross
The resurrected Lord brings His cross-work to meet you wherever you are. Rich…and empty. Poor…and needy. Successful…and searching. Fallen…and struggling to get up. Jesus meets you where you are and carries you all the way to eternity.
Fullness of Forgiveness
The work of Jesus on the cross was applied to this condemned man. All his sin was laid on Jesus, and he passed from death to life. Such is the power of grace. Such is the fullness of forgiveness.
Bring Your Shame
Too many people use the guilt and shame of sin as a barrier between themselves and God. Many believe they must clean up their acts before God will accept them. The problem with that thinking is this: no one can clean up their life on their own. Only Jesus can do that. Lay your sin—the sin He died for—before Him and let His forgiveness wash over your heart.