How Much More?

Recently, an Atlanta news source reported that a grandfather, Manuel Pinzon, age 78, was playing in the backyard with his twin granddaughters when a large tree branch suddenly cracked and began to fall. Without hesitation, he pushed the girls out of harm’s way, taking the full impact himself. The 8-year-old girls lived.  He did not. […]

Justification

Christians tend to use terms that a lot of people find confusing.  They use words like salvation and justification. What do these things mean? Both of these words refer to the experience of coming to a belief in Jesus as your Savior.  Salvation comes from believing in Jesus and confessing your sins to Him.  When […]

Nostalgia

Ah, the Good Old Days! Nostalgia is an interesting thing. It embellishes our memories and makes the past look and feel so much better than it really was. Perhaps you have a storyteller in your family who possesses the ability to tell stories of the past so eloquently that it makes you feel cheated that […]

Tragedy

Trevor Beeson stood at the high altar of Westminster Abbey to celebrate the marriage of his daughter, Catharine, to Anthony, aged twenty-three. Nine months later he stood before the same altar for Anthony’s funeral.  Anthony had been killed when his car ran into a wall in East London.  Four months later, Trevor returned to the […]

Do You Pray For This?

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! – Psalm 34:3 How often do you pray with your children?  Your family?  Your spouse? Now let me ask this: how often do you pray WITH your spouse about the health of your marriage?  God created marriage. So it only stands to […]

Results Not Typical

One thing that pains me to see is well-meaning people trying to support others with theology that isn’t accurate. For example, a dear woman watched her husband suffer from a serious illness. Throughout his struggle, her friends told her, “If you pray the right way, God will heal him.” When he passed away, these same […]

Hidden Treasure

Have you ever hunted for treasure? Van Morris is a treasure hunter of sorts. He started hunting for treasure with a metal detector as a hobby more than 20 years ago, and he has been at it ever since. When Van began treasurer hunting, he received two pieces of valuable advice: First, he was told, […]

For or Against?

In Joshua 5:13-14 it reads, “Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, ‘Are you for us or for our enemies?’  ‘Neither,’ he replied, ‘but as commander of the army of the […]

Let Those With A Voice, Shout!

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.  1 Corinthians 15:20-22 […]

Incarnation

As Christians, we affirm a belief in the Son, Jesus Christ. We say that God took on human form, came and lived among us, suffered the same trials that we suffer, and experienced the same feelings that we experience. Jesus was purely human and purely divine. Jesus was not just God. Jesus was God incarnate. […]