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The Scriptures sit us down each morning and speak into us, illuminating the hope we have in Christ, and giving me the endurance to do beautiful things for the next 24 hours. Bubba Rainwater

We get to choose what where we look . . . in the mirror or out the window. One make you honest. The other makes excuses. Bubba Rainwater

Who will you be when the master returns? Paul exhorts the Romans to awaken that person NOW, if not sooner. WHO will you be? Bubba Rainwater

I rise up from the Cross with a feeling of obligation, but how can I thank Christ with something more than words? I can love people. I can see them and gather my stuff and I can go to them, and not cross over to the other side. Bubba Rainwater

The choice to submit to the authorities in our lives was made at Calvary. We chose Christ and the effect of THAT choice is that we submit to the authorities God has given us. Bubba Rainwater

Evan Sidwell

A summary of the depiction of a Living Sacrifice from Romans 12 and a glimpse of the victory Jesus won over evil on the day of the Cross. Bubba Rainwater

At no point in the Scriptures are individuals invited to exact revenge on anyone. God claimed the right to vengeance, so what is my right? My opportunity? God's expectation? Bubba Rainwater

KALOS is what Mary was doing when she anointed the feet of Jesus--it was excellent, beautiful, awesome. The Living Sacrifice plots these moments. KAKOS is the opposite of KALOS. The Living Sacrifice never repays KAKOS for KAKOS. Bubba Rainwater

Remember walking into the school cafeteria back in the day and sizing up where you would sit? Did you see others in the same way? Did you choose to sit with the "lowly"? Jesus taught this at a Sunday Lunch with a group of Pharisees. Bubba Rainwater

Empathy is rarely natural, but it is always worship. 6/29/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice is bent on honoring Christ and there is no better way than with our words, so even in the midst of persecution we can honor Christ with the words we choose. 6/22/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The English simply fails to portray the words of Romans 12:13. More than sharing. Infinitely more than mere hospitality. 7/15/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice is not merely the one who does big things, but the one who can sit in the quiet presence of God and rejoice in the unrevealed reality of what is to come . . . and that is HOPE. 6/1/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice begins with an oft-renewed identity in the love of Christ which fuels a fervor to strive boldly . . . and to do so without hesitation. 5/25/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice is to love like a brother ought to love a brother, and to be competitive in that love so that he beats his brother to that love. 5/18/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice follows in the footsteps of Jesus who could fiercely detest evil and doggedly chase down good . . . all in the same room (Mark 3:1-6). 5/11/25 - Bubba Rainwater

The word "love" is often used as a verb, an action (or lack thereof), but for the Christian, "love" is an ever-present inclination toward the person with a beating heart. All of them. All the time. 5/4/25 - Bubba Rainwater

The first thing Paul encourages these "living sacrifices" to do it to utilize the differing giftings of the Holy Spirit for the benefit of the church family. 4/27/25 - Bubba Rainwater

After extolling the glory of the Gospel to the Roman church, Paul pleads with them to respond in a fashion that is purely logical--to act in holiness, pleasing to God, in goodness, and leaving nothing to regret. This is the life of the "Living Sacrifice"! 4/20/25 - Bubba Rainwater

The plan of salvation for the world is next level genius. God had to harden the hearts of the Jewish people to compel them to crucify Jesus, then He had to get the message out of Jerusalem to the Gentile world . . . all this to provoke His chosen people to jealousy and salvation. 4/13/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

One is sent to preach, but to preach what? If the Gospel is preached, the full Gospel of Jesus, then what is heard will lead to salvation. Anything else will just make people nice(ish). 4/6/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

Paul continues to grieve the lost condition of so many of his Jewish brothers by unpacking the simplicity of faith in Christ. Bubba Rainwater - 3/30/2025

The reason for Paul's intense sorrow and unceasing pain was his understanding that he was an object of mercy, not merit, and that means anyone can take hold of it. 3/23/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

In a strange departure from the glory of Romans 8, Paul opens up about his sorrow for his Jewish brothers all the while extolling the infallible story of God's salvation. 3/16/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

Who can be against us, make accusations, pronounce condemnation, separate us? Everyone can try, but we are more than conquerors because God is the One who is for us. 3/9/2025- Bubba Rainwater

An in-depth look at each verb of the Golden Chain of our salvation. 3/2/2025- Bubba Rainwater

With suffering comes groaning. It comes from creation, ourselves, and the Spirit. So to say that God works all things into good is perfectly aligned with His character. 2/23/2025- Bubba Rainwater

The idea of the suffering Christian should not be strange, it should be expected. Like Christ in the wilderness, we should choose hunger with the words of God over bread. 2/16/2025- Bubba Rainwater

It amazes me how many people turn to Christ in a moment of glorious salvation, but they skip the "fattened calf" and the celebration, thinking they must dutifully join the older brother. 2/9/2025- Bubba Rainwater

The Flesh and the Spirit are the two entities which give us lives of death--daily death--or lives of life and peace. You are downwind or downstream of the one who occupies your time, money, desire 2/2/2025- Bubba Rainwater.

The was a "NOW" moment that removed the condemnation from humanity. It was a profound exchange. And it was "finished"! 1/6/2025- Bubba Rainwater

Sin is more than an inclination, it is an enemy. 1/19/2025- Bubba Rainwater

You do not get to choose whether you are a slave (doulos), but you choose moment-by-moment your "lord" (kurios) . . . and the "wages" of a poor choice is that you die a little more every day. 1/12/2025- Bubba Rainwater

We all start off believing IN the Gospel, but there are a few who step INTO the Gospel such that their entire IDENTITY is shaped by the bloody Cross and the empty Tomb . . . IN-DEED these are the true Christians! 1/5/2025- Bubba Rainwater

In light of the over-overflowing grace of our God in the presence of the multiplication of our sin, we must seize the opportunity to turn from the continuation of sin into the new way of life. 12/29/2024- Bubba Rainwater

The trajectory of humanity following the fall in Eden was tragic, but grace compelled the GIFT. The only question is whether you will RECEIVE it. 12/22/2024- Bubba Rainwater

The love of God was not proven, or demonstrated, for humanity . . . it was incarnated INTO humanity. It was this transaction that created reconciliation. 12/15/2024- Bubba Rainwater

The execution of Jesus of Nazareth has given me peace with God. 12/8/2024- Bubba Rainwater

The Gospel is not the we have sinned and fallen short, but that we were justified freely. Make sure you read the next verse. 11/3/2024- Bubba Rainwater

Paul must convince the Roman church that the power of salvation is for those who need it. The thief on the cross next to Jesus understood it . . . that is why he turned to the only begotten Son. 10/27/204- Bubba Rainwater

Imagine a Roman believer learning for the first time the history of his own redemption. This is the history of the Jewish people and their covenanting God. 10/20/2024- Bubba Rainwater

Isaiah lamented the fact that the people were dishonoring the name of their God among the Gentiles. If they can dishonor, who's to say I cannot honor the One who sacrificed it all for me. 10/6/2024- Bubba Rainwater

If you feel morally superior after reading Romans 1, DO NOT read on . . . Romans 2 sets the standard for the judgment that we will fail. Thank God that the judgment leads us to worship. 09/29/2024- Bubba Rainwater

When you read Romans 1 through the lens of the parable of the Prodigal, it changes everything. 9/22/2024- Bubba Rainwater

There is something about renewing your mind to the beauty of the Cross that compels you to be eager to speak the words of the Gospel. To be unashamed. 9/15/2024- Bubba Rainwater

If Paul was so close to Rome, why did he not just go to Rome? With the material gift for the Judeans in his hand, he knew this letter would have to suffice for now. 9/8/2024- Bubba Rainwater

Let me introduce you to a man named Paul, a man who was not defined by his occupation or his past, but by his ministry. 9/1/2024- Bubba Rainwater