(Prov. 12:26). If you are going to argue that Jesus was a friend of sinners you must first address these clear Scriptures to the contrary otherwise it is merely conjecture on your part. Jesus’ statement inJohn 15:14is so clear it cannot be missed, "You are My friends if you do ...
That is, until one night, when another patron pulled him aside and told him to be careful. My friend and the patron had grown close, and the patron wanted to look out for him. There were grumblings among some of the others that my friend needed to “watch out.” This was, effectively...
Now, flashback to 23 years earlier. Charles Hays (a Christian Friend) and I had a daily 15-minute radio program on a small Christian channel in Nashville. We were invited to come on the big secular radio station in Nashville, WLAC, to discuss the prediction of Edgar C. Whisenant, who ...
Describe how Jesus was seen as a friend during his lifetime. John Dickson: Jesus was criticized by some in his day as a “friend of sinners” (Matt 11:19; Luke 7:34). It was intended as a stinging insult, since contact with sinners in his day was heavily regulated, especially by gr...
If so, then Jesus’s practice of fellowship with tax collectors and sinners is suspect, isn’t it? Why didn’t Jesus tell them upfront to change their ways? Instead, they are invited with no qualifications to dine with him. Yes, he tells people at certain points to go and sin no ...
Story: Friend of Sinners In this episode, Jon talks to Harvey Turner, a youth group flunkie turned drug dealer, who encountered God in an unexpected way. As a wayward kid searching for meaning and majesty in life, Harvey was fascinated by the way Jesus loved and pursued the outcasts and ...
A close friend of mine became mentally disturbed after they made her slaughter her own son in a chair. They tied her to a chair, tied a knife to her hand, and holding her hand, forced her to cut her own sixteen-year old son's throat. After killing him they raped her two daughters...
said he was God or the Son of God." Their reason for saying such a thing is not because of a familiarity with the New Testament Scriptures of the Christian Bible, but because they have been taught from childhood that Jesus was not God or the Son of God and that "God has no sons."...
“Lord Heavenly Father, may we never forget that we are but sinners, saved by Your grace. Provide us with opportunities to minister to the lost. May we have compassion on the sick and love those who are dying. May we be instruments of Your mercy; delivering Your message of salvation to...
“Abraham put his trust in God and he became right with God.” He was called the friend of God. (James 2:23, NLV) Today I want to share four categories of friendships: those that have not started yet; those that are growing; those that are stagnant; and those that are dying. ...