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For Those Who Want More Joy I just finished Noah Joyner’s adult discipleship class in which we explored the subject of joy.  Should you get a chance to take it next semester, I highly recommend it.  Noah’s teaching style and research into the topic are, as always, stellar.  The class led me into a deeper understanding of the need for and our capability for joy. God promises we can have more joy.  Sometimes the road to joy is long and

The Hope of Jews and Gentiles This week we find ourselves drawing closer to the end of this rich book. Over the past weeks, we have been challenged regarding how we love, care for, confront, and think about one another. As Romans 15 continues, we are challenged again by how the Lord came for all, cares for all, and seeks to be reconciled to all. While researching what to write this week, I found this article very helpful. So, instead of

Read: Romans 15:1-7 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” 4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have