He was in the world,and the world was created through Him,yet the world did not recognize Him.He came to His own,and His own people did not receive Him.But to all who did receive Him,He gave them the right to be children of God,to those who believe in His name,who were born,not of blood,or of the will of the flesh,or of […]
When Peter stood before the huge crowd of people who heard the Spirit fall on believers on Pentecost morning AD 1, he quoted a prophet and then told them who Yeshua was. Some of them responded, “Brothers, what must we do?” (Acts 2) Peter’s answer was not “Come down front,” nor “Join the seekers’ class,” nor “Be ready to be […]
Humans are continually making paths from ideas they think will lead their tribe to making God happy and thereby receiving His blessing. Don’t eat meat. Don’t get married – stay single and focused on God. Don’t drink alcohol. Don’t dance. Wear a head covering. Wear a beard. Don’t wear a beard. Wear long sleeves. Wear long dresses. Attend church meetings. […]
Islam has found a place and a welcome in the land of the descendants of Ishmael. At its core, it is intent on destroying followers of Moses and of Jesus: forcing them to convert to Islam and its moon god, or be killed. The door that opened to that hatred can be traced to an elderly couple not being patient […]
Our God created humanity with an inherent desire for Him. Since being poisoned by the fruit of the tree of death, humanity has a greater desire for the knowledge of good and evil than we have for Him. All our arguments are likely to be reducible to contention about what’s right and what’s wrong. We disagree with each other about […]
A rich young elitist asked Jesus what he needed to do to be saved. Jesus told him to obey the law. “I have done that,” was his reply to that instruction. Jesus then gave him two more instructions, to which he refused to surrender. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was hung by Hitler’s thugs, wrote, “When Jesus calls a man, He bids […]
I labor for this, striving with His strength that works powerfully in me. So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to will and […]
David’s life was filled with mistakes that were greater in number and cost than Saul’s. In spite of this, He was called a man after God’s heart. He was allowed to worship in the holy place. He was given revelation. He was promised that Messiah would be one of his descendants. His throne would be the throne on which the […]
I’m convinced that it is possible to spend a lifetime in church and never learn anything about the value or the responsibility of loving people. Mean people drive would-be believers away from Jesus pretty often. In the parable of the two sons recorded as Luke 15:11-32, Jesus said that the younger son repented of his foolishness and decided to return […]
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, in Christ; for He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His […]