A significant social fear is that someone will judge you. Christians are frequently judged as being judgmental. There is only One qualified to fairly and accurately judge, and that is God Himself. Jesus will come again to judge the living and the...

Jesus is coming again! We don’t know when, but that event is getting closer. In fact, it has never been closer than today. The clock is ticking. Most of the signs that the end is near that Jesus talked about have happened or are happening. We are...

“If you want it, you have to work for it.” That’s the conventional wisdom. You put in the effort and you get the reward. It conforms to the earthly equations. The more you put in the more you get out. However this is wrong when your goal is...

Faith is a complete reliance on a sure, reliable and totally firm object. In fact, faith is not blind nor is it risky. That’s because the object of a Christian’s faith is God. Take that a step farther and higher. Christian faith is where we cling...

People have said “That sounds too good to be true” several times when sharing the great news we have in Jesus Christ. It sounded too good to the hearer to be factually true that God would completely forgive. That’s grace. Grace is the greatest...

Saul had been the Poster Boy of anti-Christianity. He had a big case of “Christophobia.” But God loved Saul (later named Paul) more than Saul hated God. God did whatever it took to bring Saul to conversion. So, on the Road to Damascus there was a...

In some religious circles the word "Saint" technically means a person we are sure is in heaven. In a popular sense, a saint is someone self-righteous, prudish and sanctimonious. Biblically, saints are people who are declared “holy” by the grace...

Jesus continues and completes what He starts. Jesus started building a church. He gathered disciples, gave them instructions and then, it seemed, quite abruptly left it. What Jesus began Jesus is continuing today. He did not leave the disciples or...

Have you ever wondered what your world would be like if certain things had never happened? Things like the invention of the light bulb, the printing press and automobile. What if the American Revolution had never happened? Top of our list would be...

The death of Jesus was designed for maximum pain and maximum humiliation. Every detail speaks of agony and degradation. His cry from the cross “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” testifies to this. What the enemies of Jesus meant to be an...