In the Dog House – on the Rooftop – off to the Desert Part One: Nagging 101 Years ago my wife and I were driving through an area in North Texas where there were several “farms” which had a variety of animals. As we were going down the road, my Read more…
Instant Salvation – No Water Needed Which one of these phrases is found in the Bible? In churches it is common to hear phrases like 1) “ask Jesus into your heart”; 2) “accept Jesus as your personal Savior”; 3) “pray the sinner’s prayer” or 4) “obey the gospel.” The last Read more…
Does It Matter If God Exists? The renowned atheist Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) wrote, “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to Read more…
Design of Jesus’ Miracles Jesus performed a wide variety of supernatural events and feats in many different places, times, manners and upon different subjects and things. But why did He do so many different miracles? What purpose did these serve? Confirmation of the Word Anyone can make a claim Read more…
The Miracles of Jesus A six year old boy came home from church all excited and his father asks why. He replies that he learned the story of Passover. He relates: “Moses was about to take the Jews out of Egypt when suddenly the Israeli air-force appeared with their thundering Read more…
Did Christianity Borrow from Zoroastrianism? In a High School class in Fort Worth a teacher told his students that he has discovered the life of Jesus Christ is a myth copied from the life of Zoroaster. The claim is being made that Jesus was like Zoroaster in the following ways: Read more…
Assurances of Spiritual Progress 1 John 2:12-14 The dark cloud of doubt and guilty despair result when Christians are not sure they are in a proper relationship with God. They are left with a feeling of insecurity in regard to their hope of eternal life and the joy of living Read more…
Let the Revival Begin with Me 2 Chronicles 7:12-18 “I’m just too worn out to go worship God.” This statement is implicating that attending church requires too much effort. It would be nice to hear someone proclaim, “although I am worn out from working all week. I need to go Read more…
Suffering Through Faith Hebrews 11:35b-40 Not everyone who experienced victory, were spared death or resurrected from the dead. Many would suffer being tortured to death instead of redeeming themselves out of the hands of the enemies by abandoning their faith. They would die trusting God to give them an even Read more…
Victory Through Faith Hebrews 11:32-35a Before the Hebrew writer ends his list of those who are members of Faith’s Hall of Heros, he points out that the list goes on and on. The question: “and what more shall I say?” was “a common homiletical and literary idiom for indicating that Read more…