How does God want you to respond to sickness? Should a Christian feel sad? Are there right and wrong ways to be sad over sickness? Christians are trapped between suffering and the new order of the coming kingdom. Are there right and wrong ways for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Are you easily deceived? Someone has said that the church is damaged by error in the pulpit and public gullibility. For example, a gullible congregant would sit and listen to a pastor who claims to have direct revelation from God. John warns...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What would you like for someone you love? Spiritual stability is certainly a worthy desire. Consider Paul's spiritual stability throughout his four years in prison. He can still write to the Philippian church with joy. At the heart of his...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
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 ]
