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…
Ten Immodesty Magnets The Bible approaches the idea of immodesty in dress from two different points of view. Women are to dress modestly (1 Tim. 2:9,10). Men are not to lust after women whether they are modestly dressed or not (Matt. 5:27-28). Keep in mind the Scriptures do not imply Read more…
Tips For Reviving Your Spiritual Spark Do gospel sermons seems like tired, old reruns? Does your mind and your mouth switch to automatic pilot during hymns? Do you get a lot more excited about your favorite sports team than you are about being a disciple of Jesus? Do you find Read more…