Why Do We Listen to a Sermon at Church Each Sunday? The Bible offers little support for a minister to preach a sermon to us at church Many changes occurred in church practices because of the Protestant Reformation some 500 years ago. One of those...
The Bible Tells Us Good Things Are Coming: Are You Ready? The Bible isn’t the point, it’s the God revealed in the Bible Hebrews chapter 10 opens with a line worthy of contemplation. It says, that the Law—that is the Old Testament—merely hints at...
3 Essential Aspects of Christianity Living for Jesus is simple, but we often make it harder than it needs to be Though some people try to turn their walk with Jesus into a complex set of criteria, in reality living the Christian life is simple...
For Many Christians, It’s Time To Grow Up One of the reasons we learn about God is so we can teach others In the letter written to the Hebrew people who follow Jesus, there’s a short phrase that’s easy to skip over. The author, who I suspect is...
We Should Pay Attention When Jesus Says, “But I Tell You.” Jesus fulfills the Old Testament Law and Prophets when he gives new meaning to the old ways Jesus said he came to fulfill the Law and Prophets (Matthew 5:17). One way he did this, the...
Don’t Be Alarmed: Supernatural Encounters May Be Scary Angels often start by telling the people they visit to not be afraid The Book of Mark wraps up with three women going to the tomb of Jesus to anoint his body. They are Mary Magdalene, Mary...
How Does Jesus Fulfill the Law and the Prophets? Jesus does three things to complete what the Old Testament started Jesus drew people to him. The words he spoke and the hope he communicated attracted them. Some people assumed he had come to...
Is God’s Forgiveness Conditional? Jesus wants us to fully forgive others so that we may be fully forgiven In asking the simple question, “Is God’s forgiveness conditional?” the answer seems obvious: “No! God’s forgiveness is unconditional.” I was...
What’s More Important, Family or Church? We need to order our priorities with intention and do what matters most Whether we realize it or not, we form priorities to order our lives. For most of my adult existence my number one priority has been...
5 Things Jesus’s Disciples Did We are to go out and preach repentance under the power of the Holy Spirit After Jesus calls his disciples, he trains them and then sends them into the world. He gives them five simple instructions: Go Out To be...
