In the South, food and music go hand in hand. They define much of what we think of as Southern culture, and they say a lot about our past, our present, and our future. Each week, Sid Evans, Editor in Chief of Southern Living, sits down with musicians, chefs, and other Southern icons to hear the stories of how they grew up, what inspires them, and why they feel connected to the region. Through honest conversations, Sid explores childhood memories, the family meals they still think about, and the intersection of food and music in their lives. Always surprising, always engaging, Biscuits & Jam is a celebration of the South—and the people who are moving it forward every day. New episodes every Tuesday.
Through this message, I acknowledge the reality and the overwhelming presence of emotional struggles and the pressures of life. Struggles and pressures are real. They are a part of the human experience. Life can be hard, but in Christ, we overcome; we are more than conquerors. I also want us to see that believers are never alone in their struggles and pressure-packed moments of life. In these vignettes of time, God best demonstrates His providential care and orchestrates His purposeful plan in our lives. The Father has graciously given us the Holy Spirit; He is the counselor of comfort and peace. He is the One who brings rest to our weary souls.…
In this message, Pastor Valeri explains why the Apostle Paul continued to preach the gospel while constantly being under the effects of severe persecution and the constant threat of death. His primary reason was his faith in God's promises of eternal life and eternal rewards.
When one receives Jesus, they receive the kingdom. This teaching emphasizes the power and importance of receiving and holding onto the word, no matter the circumstances.
The apostle Paul greatly and correctly valued the gospel of: grace alone, by faith alone, in Christ alone. His estimation of the gospel helped him to rightly estimate the weight of his own afflictions, hindrances, and obstacles.
The economy of divine grace is more than a mansion over the hilltop. The economy of divine grace contains everything we need for life and godliness. Divine grace is the ministry and the minister of the New Covenant whereby the pardon of sin and eternal salvation is appointed to sinners in consideration of the merits of Christ, laid hold of by faith.…
Jesus’ willingness to endure rejection was part of His redemptive mission to bring salvation to all who would believe. His beauty was an inner beauty; the same beauty that we are adorned with when we receive the light of life.
Self-control, the last fruit named in the list of the fruit of the Spirit, increases in measure that is always in direct proportion to the revelation of God’s love. If I possess an anemic viewpoint of God’s love for me, then I will also maintain an anemic self-control. If I perceive God’s kindness as shallow, my self-control will also be shallow. If my belief in the Father is that He is intermittently faithful, then my self-control will also be intermittently faithful. If I make the Christian life about self-improvement, self-control, or self-righteousness, I will have fallen from grace into a works-based relationship, and like the Pharisees and teachers of the law, I will fail most miserably.…
The Father desires for His children to know His voice. His voice is the voice of gentleness. His opinion of us is beyond the reach and influence of the law. He wants to anchor our souls in the One Man, the One Shepherd, the One gospel, and the One voice, Jesus Christ.
The Father’s faithfulness is rooted in His steadfast love for His children. The word faithfulness has three syllables. Faith-ful-ness. If you were to remove any of these syllables, you'd still end up with some words, but none more powerful than when they're knitted together. Faithfulness is more meaningful than faithful, and faithful is more meaningful than faith. ~ You see, a person can possess faith and not use it, but they cannot be faithful without the use of faith.…
Believers themselves are not broken; only the way they have believed. My hope is that this message will encourage you to trade away opinion for justified belief.
A person can be kind and not love, but a person cannot love and not be kind. We can trust that God is always going to be kind to us. WHY? Because we deserve it? Not at all. Because God is love, and love is always kind. True kindness flows from the nature of God’s love. Kindness is what He is and kindness is what He does.…
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