Choose Life
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.” (1 Corinthians 15:3-8) Jesus Christ died for sinners in that he took their sins upon him and paid for them by suffe

On Christian Conversion
A gracEmail came to my inbox that was so concise, so truthful, I decided to share it here. A gracEmail subscriber writes that he “went forward” as a young man to be saved at an evangelical church. Several years later, he was immersed by a minister of a different Christian fellowship. Now he wonders, “What does it mean to experience conversion anyway?” * * *

Remedy for the post Christian blahs
“When I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.” (1 Corinthians 2:1-5) “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died f

Not So Obvious Lessons From John 17 #2
As I began reading and thinking my way through this great chapter again I wrote a post “Not So Obvious Lessons From John 17″ focusing on Jesus words as he was praying “I do not pray for the world” and the implications of why he said that and what it means to us today as believers. This lesson comes from the part of Jesus prayer in John 17 verse 24. “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundati

Obey God by doing nothing.
When God made man he made him in his own image. There are many ideas about exactly what that means. We know from the biblical record that God created stuff for 6 days and on the seventh day he rested. Then, after some time God gave man some instructions telling him how to live. Lo and behold, he told man to rest on the seventh day! Yep, just like God. “Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of sol