Today on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about our relationship with Sin. All of us have one. Usually, it is a love/hate relationship. But, Mike ponders the question “Is Sin your friend or foe?”
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about the battle we face with Sin. Even in our Sin, God wants us to identify as His children.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about God’s law and the effect it has on our lives. The law not only leads us to righteousness, but it also reveals our own sinfulness. When we are told not to do something, sometimes it makes us want it all the more!
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about the central purpose of the Christian life. God saved us with something very specific in mind. He wanted his character spread throughout the world, like a great tree that bears fruit on every branch.
Today on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about encouragement. Are you an encourager, who brings out the best in the people around them? Do you know God is in your balcony cheering you on?
Read MoreToday on on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about a contrast between a life before Jesus and a life after Jesus. He digs into what it means to have the law as our master instead of the Lord.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about our struggle with Sin. He introduces Romans 7, one of the darkest and yet simultaneously hopeful passages for sinners in the Bible.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about being set free not only from the penalty of sin but also from the power of sin. We are called to live for God’s glory and to flee from wickedness and impurity. The only way we can do that is through the power of Jesus working in and through us.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about human slavery. Not the kind you are thinking of though. He talks about what it is like to change the names on the front of our jerseys. It is all about who/what is running your life.
Read MoreToday on this Freebie Friday edition of the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about his own discovery of the doctrine of grace. His entire identity changed. Grace changes everything.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about the power of sin. Before we meet Jesus, we are all slaves to sin. He not only delivers us from the consequences of sin, but also empowers us to walk in obedience to Him in a way we couldn’t before we met him.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about Romans 5 and the question the Apostle Paul is begging. He shares his favorite analogy for the gospel… cookies or pickles, hint: he hates one!
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about the unbelievable grace of God. God doesn’t love us based on our own performance, but instead, His love Is based on Christ's righteousness which is credited to us! It’s like every believer earned an F, but was given an A.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about why God loves us. Does God love you because of who you are or in spite of who you are? Mike uses Romans 5 to make the case that God loves us not based on how awesome we are, but on how awesome He is instead.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about worship. Today we look at the first-ever earthly worship service for Jesus. There are two characteristics of these early worshippers that we as His worshippers should have today also.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about suffering. How should Christians view suffering? How does God use suffering in the life of His people? Is there goodness amidst the challenges that we face?
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about the glory of God and how that changes us as people of faith. How should the glory of God impact us?
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about having peace with God. The challenge is that if you don’t have peace with God, you are an enemy with God. Jesus has brought us peace with God.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about the faith of Abraham and how this faith made him righteous. God accepted Abraham not because of his performance or better deeds than his neighbors, but because he trusted in the goodness, power, and plan of the almighty God.
Read MoreToday on the Daily Nugget, Mike talks about the gospel and how it changes us. Maybe, from beginning to end God intended us to be people of grace. Do we live that way?
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