THE FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH
The Christian has a level of knowing that no scientific method or procedure can touch. He has faith, and through it he knows something that is real and eternally true.
REDEEMING AND OPPOSING THE WICKED
Is it conflicting goals to attempt to redeem the wicked while at the same time opposing them? The Bible gives, and Jesus models, the answer.
DRIFTING TOWARD DEAD ORTHODOXY
The danger of a Christianity without a vibrant relationship with Jesus is that we drift toward a lifeless religion of rules and doctrines that have little power to keep us, and our children, interested in what really matters.
DRIFTING TOWARD LEGALISM AND LIBERALISM
As Christians we can drift in two dangerous and seemingly opposite directions - legalism or liberalism. Both can be devastating to a vibrant relationship with Jesus.
BETTER THAN ANGELS
It is so easy to focus on many aspects related to the spiritual and miss the Greatest One behind it all.
GOD’S RESUME: JESUS SUSTAINS AND REIGNS
Here are the two concluding points on Jesus’ short power-packed resume. They demand a verdict.
GOD’S RESUME: HE SAVES
This God we have been examining is so pure and so righteous that we humans, in our impure and unrighteous state, can’t approach him. Next on our “god resume” is the solution.
GOD’S RESUME: JESUS RADIATES GLORY AND REVEALS THE FATHER
If you are a repentant atheist who is interviewing candidates for a god to follow, surely you wouldn’t want some ordinary, mediocre looking god. You would want one that is magnificent and awe-inspiring. Here’s your man!
GOD’S RESUME: CREATOR AND HEIR OF ALL THINGS
If you were a repentant atheist looking for a god to believe in, here are two more points you might want to consider in your search. They are non-negotiable.
GOD’S RESUME: HE SPEAKS
If you were a repentant atheist in search of a god, what would be your qualifying character traits? The writer of Hebrews lists eight. Here is the first.
PERSPECTIVE HOPE
True hope finds its grounding in the long game. While hope that looks to immediate circumstances is easily discouraged …