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  I am convinced that nothing can separate us from God’s love in Christ Jesus our Lord:  not death or life, not angels or rulers, not present things or future things, not powers or height or depth, or any other thing that is created.”  Romans 8:38-39   The book of Romans is the single longest letter in the New Testament.  Paul is writing to “God’s beloved in Rome”. In the first chapters of Romans, Paul has laid out a great…

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”  (Matthew 11:28-30) In our Zoom youth gathering the past couple of weeks we’ve been looking at the twenty-third Psalm. This has caused me to reflect on the biblical notion of rest. In this…

Jesus looked at him carefully and loved him. He said, “You are lacking one thing. Go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.” (Mark 10:21 CEB) This verse comes out a familiar exchange recorded in three of the Gospels.  Often called the story of the Rich Young Ruler.  All three Gospel accounts tell us he was rich, in Matthew’s account we learn he was young,…