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Pastor Daniel Goulding · Mar 18, 2024
Drawing on the bronze serpent in Numbers 21 and Jesus' explanation of it in John 3, Pastor Daniel argues that God's redemptive plan has never been required to fit neatly inside human logic. Just as the Israelites were healed by simply looking at a bronze snake on a pole — an act that made no rational sense — so every person today is invited to be born again by looking to Jesus in faith. Intellectual assent alone is insufficient; true belief is an active, weight-bearing trust that surrenders the whole life to Christ.
Pastor Daniel Goulding · Feb 26, 2024
Drawing from Numbers 11, Pastor Daniel Goulding shows that envy — fueled by comparison — is one of the enemy's most effective tools for robbing believers of the abundant life Jesus purchased for them. When the Israelites became fixated on what they lacked, they grew blind to God's miraculous daily provision, began to misremember their slavery as desirable, and ultimately rejected God as their provider. The same pattern threatens us today: envy blinds us to God's past goodness, His present provision, and His promises for our future, making contentment — learned through worship and trust in Christ — the essential antidote.