Part One: FEAR OR FREEDOM? His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness...” 2 Peter 1:3 It is not uncommon for me to encounter grandparents who feel inadequate and wholly unable to relate to the younger generations, especially teens. They often describe a paralyzing...
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 43:5 As we look ahead to the end of another decade (it seems like only yesterday we were all embroiled in the Y2Y paranoia), I thought I would rerun a...
“But what about you? He asked. Who do you say I am?” Matt. 16:15 Christmas has once again come and gone, but the question from my previous post about who Jesus really is still lingers, as it will till the day of His return. Who do your grandchildren say Jesus is? There are lots of opinions out...
“This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.” Luke 2:34-35 Christmas is upon us. Everywhere houses and business districts are decked out in beautiful lights as the...
“Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?’” Matt. 2:1-2 I have a dear friend who is Jewish, a follower of Christ, and a pastor of a small Messianic congregation in Colorado. He fervently believes that Christmas is as much a Jewish...
“The men were amazed and asked, ‘What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him?’” Matt. 8:27 The account of Jesus’ calming the storm while he and the disciples were in a boat on the Sea of Galilee is not a story you would expect to include in devotionals about Christmas, but in...
Absolute #7: The Salvation Gift is About More Than a Ticket to Heaven “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Jim Stovall’s powerful novel, The Ultimate Gift, describes the journey of the young, self-centered, irresponsible Jason...
Only God Can Remedy Man’s Predicament “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 The approach of the holidays is especially significant for followers of Christ because we understand and know the rest of the story. Our powerlessness to...
#5 of 7 Biblical Worldview Absolutes Man is Powerless to Save Himself “The wages of sin is death...” Romans 6:23 College students gathering in a university student center were discussing various philosophies and religions of the world. After one student shared the claims of Christianity and the...
#4 of 7 Biblical Worldview Absolutes Every Person is a Worshiper and Longs for Meaning “They [godless men] exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator…” Rom. 1:25 In the immediate aftermath of 9-11 (can you believe it’s been almost two...
#3 of 7 Biblical Worldview Absolutes We Are Mortals with Limitations “The length of our days is seventy, or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow…” Ps. 90:10 The Bible is clear… we are all mortal and live with physical, mental and intellectual limitations....
#2 of 7 Biblical Worldview Absolutes Something Is Wrong with the World “Since they (mankind) did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.” Rom. 1:28 Famine, floods, and other natural disasters, combine with war,...
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