If you were not a Christian, what would it take to convince you that Jesus is who he claimed to be? What evidence would you expect from one making such a claim? What Proof Is There That Jesus Is Who He Claimed To Be? Why should we believe that Jesus is the Son of God...
"The Bible can mean anything you want it to mean" is a common enough claim and there is a sense in which that is true. The Bible can be made to say anything you want it to say if you approach it with a certain frame of mind that fails to observe some basic rules of...
When you read of the spiritual vibrancy in the life of the early church do you wonder, "Why is my life not like that? How can I live under the Spirit's influence?" Conversion to Christ is something amazing: We receive the gracious gift of forgiveness and the Holy...
Do you worry? Has anxiety become your companion? Do you find yourself fretting over things that have not yet occurred? Worrying is nothing new. It's been around a long time and there is no sign of it going away. Jesus spoke about worrying, identifying its cause and...
Christians sometimes complain about worship being boring and some experience such a level of boredom that they actually fall asleep. Others feel too uncomfortable to invite their unsaved friends on Sunday lest the worship service extinguish, for all time, their...
Churches have different teachings about baptism. Some churches sprinkle, others pour water on the forehead of the candidate's head and others practise immersion. Some understand baptism as freeing the candidate from original sin, others believe that baptism...
The temptation to sin knows no social, racial or spiritual barriers. No group or individual has been immunised against it; sinners and saints alike experience the temptation to sin. You may have an understanding of temptation that is wide of the mark, resulting in...
There is a cruel reality about life: we all get hurt. Perhaps a relationship is betrayed by a husband, a wife, a parent, a friend and introduces a level of pain previously unknown. The pain can be ever-present. Jesus instructs us to forgive those who sin against us....
A survey of the New Testament gives us a picture of the church that can still be produced today - a church that preaches the same gospel and commits to the apostles' teaching. The church is presented as all those who believe the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and who...
Should we pay Income Tax, Council Tax, Valued Added Tax, etc.? Avoiding paying 'the tax man' is an all too common practice today. The Bible speaks with clarity on what our duty is in this regard. Government, according to the Bible, is instituted by God for the overall...
On occasions we have all wondered why so few people respond to the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The glorious message of divine love and mercy so often falls on deaf ears. Invitations to come learn about God, who loves us all and wants to bring us to heaven when we...
As the initial numbness of shock and disbelief subsides following the terroristic attacks in our nation's Northeast, our minds and hearts struggle with a larger question. "Where is God?" we ask, "and how does a God of love and power allow such horrors to happen?" Part...
Counterfeit products are a major problem for manufacturers such as Nike, Puma, Samsonite, etc. The counterfeit product is so well made that most buyers accept it as the genuine article. Only a trained eye can detect the difference between the counterfeit and the...
The struggle to live a pure life is as old as mankind itself. And the type of society in which we live does not make the struggle any easier. Ours has become a sex-saturated culture. Sex is used to sell anything from cars to ice cream. And some of the most popular...
Are all religious people right with God? If they are 'doing their duty,' being sincere and not doing anyone any harm, surely they are right with God? The book of Acts opens a window through which we see the evangelistic work of the early church. They evangelised among...
"Dear friends," Jude says, "I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints." (Jude vs 3) A challenge to the faith had arisen, so Jude writes to "urge" them – that is, to motivate and plead with them – "to...
The votes have been cast, the people have spoken. We have elected a new government. The Bible makes it very clear what our response to government should be. Pray for the Government Those elected to govern need our prayers. We are instructed to petition God on their...
The words 'Original Sin' are familiar ones, but they are not found in the Bible. The expression refers to the first sin ever committed – 'the' original sin. It was introduced by Adam and Eve through a wilful act of disobedience against the revealed will of God. Their...
Today when people speak about a saint, invariably their concept of a saint is not the same as that found in the Bible. Roman Catholics understand a saint to be someone who is dead, whose life conformed to Church teaching and who has performed some miracles after...