You and I are the image of God. In sin, and outside of Christ, we are like a slowly fading photograph that will one day perish. In Christ, we are born again. We have passed from death to life, and as we stand unveiled before Him each Lord's day, our faces are being sculpted and … [Read more...] about A Face to Gladden the Heart
Who we Are Instead
The world loves to lay hold of the dictionary and determine the definitions. Politics, religion, faith, male, female, truth, lies.... and more. I prefer the old, unchanging definitions. I prefer reality.
A Man Called John
While Peter was a married man and probably among the oldest of the disciples, John was likely only a teenager. Along with Peter and his brother James, these three disciples got to see and hear things from Jesus that no one else on earth has seen or heard. And John wrote all … [Read more...] about A Man Called John
Live Not By Lies
Written on the 12th February 1974, the same day he was arrested by the secret police and sent into exile, "Live not by lies," was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's call to speak the truth always and at all times, without fear. The issue for Solzhenitsyn then, as today, was this: Are the … [Read more...] about Live Not By Lies
The Testimony of Jesus Christ
Jesus came into this world to bring life to people who were dead. Being dead in this sense does not mean that you can't walk around. Being dead means you can't see. And, apart from God's intervention, man is dead in his trespasses and sins. Blind, dead and under … [Read more...] about The Testimony of Jesus Christ
The Idols of Jonah
It has been said that if you want to know what someone's idol is, you don't ask them what they love most. Instead, you ask them what their worst nightmare is. What is it that, if taken away, would make you say, “I wish I were dead”? Jonah was a bible believing prophet who saw … [Read more...] about The Idols of Jonah