It’s July already, my favorite month of the summer and our countries 250th birthday! I hope you all have plans to celebrate and enjoy this wonderful time of the year. Personally, my family goes hard on the 4th of July and I have always been deeply patriotic. I love our flag, anyone who has ever been to my cottage can attest to that! I love the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, all of it. We even have a bald eagle that visits our lake! However, my one true King is J

We are finally closing in on the end of the book of Acts and I’m so excited to get started on Paul’s letter to the Romans! The next 13 books of the Bible were authored by the Apostle Paul so we are about to get very familiar with his writing. One phrase in particular is especially Pauline, “in Christ” or variations “in the Lord” and “in him.” According to John Stott this phrase or one of its variations occurs 164 times in Paul’s epistles. Use of this phrase is meant to help