Jesus doesn’t just send perfect people to do his will. Jesus doesn’t just invite perfect people to follow him. Jesus doesn’t call upon the perfect to become pilgrims on the journey towards heaven. The good news of the gospel is that even if you consider yourself a wretched sinner Jesu...
Jesus said, "Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God." The music is a means. While it is often a blessing, in the end it is only a rough utensil used to serve the feast of all feasts. Come and enjoy the living food that never peri...
Father. “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1). When we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, we become God’s children. Fathers instruct, guide, and discipline their children, but they also love to ...
What does it say about the place of women in the Christian faith that, at a time when they had little social status, they were the first witnesses of the resurrection and the first to be commissioned by Jesus to carry the good news? Women went on to exercise a significant ministry in ...
fail to take in the good news, as though it doesn’t quite register with our expectations. We don’t absorb it. Sometimes our fears speak louder than the good news of resurrection and a hope-filled promise. Let’s be aware that, even at Easter, some believers may barely hold on to ...
The word “gospel” means “good news,” and for Paul, the essence of this good news is that “that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor 15:3-4). When we trust...
If we don’t get to know people living with a disability and those suffering from domestic violence, how can we teach the Good News in the Scripture effectively? In the four Gospels we find that Jesus was very often on the road, and he gathered a community of believers from all walks ...
Men and women who believed what they said, tried to share the incredible “Good News,” and spent the remainder of their lives as committed to that truth on the day they died as they were when the reality of the Resurrection first burst through their grief and sorrow and unbelief. I’...
Believing in Jesus as our Savior comes after we hear and accept as true the good news that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose on the third day (1 Cor 15:3-4), thus conquering sin and death. Jesus accomplished what we cannot—our eternal salvation. When we hear this good...
The saints, as described by the Bible, are alive. They are not declared saints after they die, but while they are still alive and active for the Lord. The requirement is to be “in Christ” and live a life that God gives you. It is not based on your good works or righteousness dee...