Martin Luther, the great Protestant Reformer, said, “There is on earth no greater comfort than baptism.” Luther was well-known for fighting against sin and Satan by saying to himself, “I am baptized! I am baptized!” Luther was not saying he was saved because he was baptized. What he proclaimed with that statement was that his […]
Read More »Our commitment to God is directly related to our commitment to a church – not the church in general, but a church – a specific group of believers in Jesus Christ who consistently come together on purpose to worship him, equip one another to follow him, serve and minister to one another, and be a […]
Read More »The good news of our salvation from sin and restoration to God in Christ by the Spirit is the central focus of the Bible, the heartbeat of our faith. And it’s all of because of God’s grace, his love and favor toward us that we could never earn and don’t deserve. God chooses to love […]
Read More »The good news of our salvation from sin and restoration to God in Christ by the Spirit is the central focus of the Bible, the heartbeat of our faith. The gospel message is this: • God created us to know him and live for him. • We have separated ourselves from him and his purposes […]
Read More »Who am I, and why am I here? Those are the million-dollar questions, right? If we can begin to figure those out, we have some hope of meaning, happiness, purpose, and peace, some hope of a life that makes some kind of difference in this world. The Bible’s unique testimony is that what it means […]
Read More »The Holy Spirit is an enigma for many Christians today. Some of this is an overreaction to the Pentecostal Charismatic Movement while others think of the Holy Spirit akin to the Force found in Star Wars. Biblically, the Holy Spirit is the third member of the Triune Godhead. It is his role to manifest the […]
Read More »Jesus Christ is unarguably the most important person to ever walk the earth. Our modern calendars, whether you use “in the year of our Lord” (AD) or the academic “Common Era” (CE), are divided by the birth of Jesus Christ. The three major monotheistic religions in the world, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, are divided over […]
Read More »We get our ideas about God from all kinds of places: our parents, surroundings, culture, friends, and hopefully our church. Some of these ideas might be true, some of them might be false, but when we begin to look to Jesus, he explodes our previous ideas about God and shows us the real thing. To […]
Read More »The most important knowledge we can ever have is the knowledge of who the one living and true God is. Knowing God is the beginning of wisdom; the highest privilege given to human beings made in his image and likeness. Our understanding of everything depends on our understanding of him, our beliefs about God and […]
Read More »Several years ago, near the end of his life, an interviewer asked Billy Graham what his number one regret in the ministry was. Without hesitation, he replied that his number one regret in the ministry, in fact his number one regret as a Christian, was that he didn’t feel like he read his Bible enough. […]
Read More »