God Has Not Forgotten YouIsaiah 49:8-26

 This book says that because of Jesus’ death on the Cross, if we are trusting Him, then God promises to do amazing things for us. 

God promises to rejoice over us to do us good.

God promises to be abundant in...

Expect Jesus to SaveIsaiah 49:1-7

 In Acts 18 we read that the apostle Paul came to Corinth to tell people about Jesus so they could be saved from their sins and brought into the joy of knowing Jesus Christ the Son of God.  But even though he saw a...

God Teaches us to ProfitIsaiah 48:1-22

 During my college years I thought being a Christian meant squelching my desires for pleasure and joy – and just following Jesus out of duty.  So I tried to fight sin and go to church and read the Bible and...

Sorcery, Horoscopes, and AstrologyIsaiah 47

 We live in a culture in which many people believe in horoscopes , the spirit-world, séances, and astrology.  A recent Gallup poll found that

20% of the population believes that people can communicate with...

How Jesus Conquered Death1 Corinthians 15:22-26 

Today is Easter Sunday, the day on which followers of Jesus all around the globe celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead.  Jesus was crucified, He died, and He was buried.  But then He rose from...

The Meaning of Baptism

Romans 6:3-6

Imagine that you had been living in Italy in 1944, in a the village of Lucca,  under the control of Nazi Germany.  Imagine living in a police state, with no civil rights, as soldiers could freely steal your...

Does God Know and Control the Future?Isaiah 46 

I want to start by telling you the story of Suzanne.  Suzanne was a committed Christian who felt a deep call to be a missionary to Taiwan.  She prayed fervently for God to bring her a husband who also...

The Final Judgment and its OutcomeIsaiah 45:20-25

 Imagine that you are a doctor who has been called in to study a patient’s test results.  You study the test results carefully, and see that the patient has treatable terminal cancer; it’s terminal...

The Sovereign Goodness of GodIsaiah 45:1-19 

Why do you believe in the God of the Bible?  Richard Dawkin, who wrote the best-selling book The God Delusion, says the only reason Christians believe is because we were raised that way – that there’s no...