GOSPEL :: FAMILY :: MISSION

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Psalm 32 | Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the heart of the gospel. The gospel is the good news that Jesus came to this earth to live the perfect life, to die a horrible death on a cross as the perfect substitute for filthy, rotten, rebellious, sinners just like you and me, to leave the tomb empty on the third day, and to leave us with the promise of eternity in Heaven, so that, by faith, you and I could receive full forgiveness (a full pardon) for our sins against God.

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Psalm 31 | Be Strong And Wait

Psalm 31 is a song about being strong and waiting for God to come through in the midst of the darkest of times.2 When all hell breaks loose in your life and you can’t see three feet in front of you because of the mushroom clouds of conflict and chaos, this is when David, the author of this Psalm, encourages us to be strong and wait for the Lord to show up.

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The Well | Within A Yard Of Hell

Nearly ten years ago, a small group of about 10 – 15 of us met in Christy and I’s home and voted on various names for our little growing church. We thought we might be Crosspoint Church or Coram Deo Church, but the vote was unanimous, and we became The Well within a yard of hell.

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Commissioned | Within A Yard Of Hell

August 6, 2012, nearly ten years ago, is a historic day for The Well because on that day, Christy and I and four other people began planting The Well. Back then, we had no church name, no bylaws, no money, no leadership structure, no buildings, and no idea where we would be in the next few months.

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Ezra 9:1 – 15 | Ezra’s Prayer

The passage we are about to study today is one of the heaviest passages in all of Ezra. In a few moments we will read an account of Israel’s faithlessness as their sin is revealed to Ezra. We will also read Ezra’s gut-wrenching response as he cries out to God on behalf of Israel. But before we dive into the text for today, I think it would be good to do a short recap of what we have studied in recent weeks.

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