#ForTheHope daily audio Bible

One theme that bubbles up today: Right standing with God comes through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross.

All people, Jews and Gentiles alike, have sinned and therefore all are held accountable to God.

If you don’t have the right Jesus, you don’t have the right gospel

One theme that bubbles up today: The gospel is not fundamentally a message about our lives, it’s a declaration about God’s son, the man Jesus.

The church is defined by the gospel, not by one culture, historical period, human tradition, or state of freedom.

We have history on our side in showing that God’s prophetic statements have come true

No matter what, we simply pass along what we’ve received (and are thus shaped in the process)

“Adoration of God, like the Law of God, acts as a mirror to show us the blemishes of our character and drive us to a posture of contrition.” ~RC Sproul

Sometimes it’s the most casual and normal happenings that really reflect divine involvement in our lives.

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” ~C.S. Lewis

A disciple of Jesus has to go and do what God commands, no matter the danger involved.

The duty of lay leaders, particularly church officers, is to guard the flock.

When the gospel of Jesus Christ invades the domain of Satan, spiritual warfare is bound to occur

One theme that bubbles up today: The gospel can make headway even in places reputed to be dens of iniquity.

I’m pretty awful at telling you how things are going. So today we change that.

One theme that bubbles up today: You should test what you hear by consulting Scripture openly, eagerly, carefully, and daily.

One theme that bubbles up today: The Hound of Heaven never ceases to pursue you and wants to work through you.

We should always go to battle when the gospel is at stake.

One theme that bubbles up today: Good things are not only available to all, but those good things are themselves a witness to God.

God’s faithful love is sufficient for our most desperate needs, and his awesome salvation is worthy of our deepest praise.

Jesus the messianic King suffered and died so that, like him, people from every nation could be rescued for the praise of the Lord.

One theme that bubbles up today: The only remedy for the presence of God is the presence of God.

God exposes the many sins of his richly blessed people…and predicts the coming judgment on these sins by his righteous wrath.

God summons to court the people of the religious-yet-wicked Jewish nation for their many sins and pleads with them to repent so he can save them.

One theme that bubbles up today: No one is so bad that he’s beyond the reach of God’s saving grace

We encounter God in our brokenness.

The Spirit empowers us to be firm with the gospel and to forgive our enemies

No one is able to overthrow the Gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation (Romans 1:16)

Everything is meaningless without Jesus.

God’s mission is carried out as we minister in the name of Jesus.

The church is a new community of new creations in Christ, who live on mission as citizens of his kingdom

His power, my witness.

Being a servant is a wonderful reality when you consider that our Master is Jesus

I have treasured your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you

Only the empty heads stand up tall.

The gospel stands or falls on the reality that Christ rose from the dead according to the Scriptures.

Forgiving enemies is at the heart of following Jesus.

If you don’t think you could betray Jesus, you probably don’t know the full depth of your own sin yet.

Betrayal doesn’t have the final word in our lives. Jesus does.

Jesus said, “Follow me,” and we’re going to trust — utterly and completely — or not. The end is certain and coming, so we must get ready for it.

Someday you will answer the question: What have you done with my Son?

The good news of Jesus elicits opposition because it challenges flawed ideas of God, human spirituality, religious institutions, and societies.

Jesus subverts merit-based ideas of spirituality and what changes lives is God’s unmerited but freely given goodness

In the kingdom of God accepted human values of status and importance are turned upside down.

The kingdom of God is already here, but there will be a future appearance of the Son of Man for which people will be unprepared.

Disciples are to see themselves as bondservants who do their duty

Even in pain we can trust God’s power and providence.

One theme that bubbles up today: For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.

The kingdom of God belongs to those who are humbly dedicated to him.

Not all who think they belong to the Kingdom of God really do.