Aug 12, 2015 | Christian Living, Psalms, Romans, The Bible
Years ago a friend and I used to meet regularly to pray about a particular request. I prayed fervently for a certain outcome, and I was convinced that God would grant my request. I was so confident that I remember telling my friend once, “You know, we have prayed so...
Mar 2, 2015 | 1 & 2 Corinthians, Christian Living, The Bible
The preaching of the Gospel has a power that goes beyond human oratory. It is not the power in the voice of the preacher. We are told that when the message of the crucified and risen Jesus is communicated, the energy of God is present and it is capable of...
Dec 3, 2014 | Christian Living, Family
What might change in your life if you lived every moment as if Heaven were real? A Tragic Accident I recall realizing, a number of years ago, that the notion of a resurrection hope had not yet fully taken hold of my life. I was certainly devoted to Jesus Christ, but...
Dec 1, 2014 | Christian Living, The Bible
Colossians 1:3-8 reveals to us some interesting historical, spiritual, and even psychological insights into why the Colossians believed in Jesus. What was it that motivated them to turn in trust to the crucified and risen Jesus? I’ll answer that question in a...
Nov 24, 2014 | Christian Living, Culture
Some time ago I did a funeral and was saddened to realize that I was dealing with a family that had no tradition of Christian faith. The patriarch of this family had passed away in his early 60s, and his daughter wanted me to do his funeral. The family had no...