How do we relate to people who are different to us? Today there is such a strong public attitude that you should not judge. Even if people don't care about the Bible, they us it to support their objection that you should not judge them. God's...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
How you define greatness is going to have an impact on your life. Jesus looks at the widow putting all she had to live on into the treasury. Some people measure respect by qualifications, clothes, family history, power, etc. It is notable that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Everyone has an opinion. Many speak with such authority that you think they must have significant experience in the field. Some people get irritated by other people's opinions and eventually ignore all outside input. Others believe everything....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As we look around at different ideas of who Jesus is, we should ask ourselves why anyone would want to crucify any of the people who match that idea. One reason people would want to crucify the real Jesus is because of His exclusive claim to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Why do good people hate Jesus? The answer to that question is not complicated; you can summarise it in one word. Authority. People don't have a problem with Jesus the friend, teacher, counsellor, and miracle worker. But people absolutely hate King...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Jesus is the most significant person in the universe, but He is also the most misunderstood. Think of Warner Solman's portrait of Jesus, who matches the society in which Solman grew up. We don't want to have a wrong understanding of who Jesus is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
False religion, from the outside, is not always obvious. So, what is going on in the heart of the religious person who eventually begins to hate Jesus? The problem is not clarity, or God's generosity. There is a hardness in their hearts. That's...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Did you know that false teachers can appear more serious about the truth than people who are seriously seeking the truth? And a greedy false teacher is a very dangerous person; even more than any other greedy person. They are more concerned about...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If you walked into a nursing home with a plate of cookies, and were killed for it, you still would not generate the same bewilderment as was generated by the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Why would they want to murder HIM? The Jews were irate...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
On a Friday night, Jesus arrives in Bethany. He is preparing to fulfil God's prophesy given through Daniel. The King is going to enter Jerusalem, a critical city in the Bible. Having seen the when and where, of what Luke is narrating, we now come...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
