“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3:17) I love the above verse. It’s often overlooked because it’s right after John 3:16, but it speaks volumes about Jesus. In a simple sentence, it defines His entire mission for taking the form of a man that the world through Him might be saved. As a child, I had a saving moment of a different kind. Our church group took a day trip […]

“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ–to the glory and praise of God.” (Philippians 1:9-11) During a performance appraisal, I once had an employee who remarked: “I give my all everyday so when I go to bed at night, I don’t have to […]

“He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.” (Psalms 9:8) A capsized cruise ship this week on the Yangtze River in China caught my attention. Over 400 people lost their lives. Sometimes, you just want to ask God, “Why?” It also reminded me of the 1972 movie, “The Poseidon Adventure,” starring Gene Hackman, who screamed at God in anger and frustration. Do you remember the movie? There was a remake in 2006, but no one can match the performance Hackman gave in […]

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20) We live in a world of moral relativism. That simply means “a world that does not believe in absolute truths”. What’s the difference? Moral relativism believes that man alone can determine what is true and untrue. In other words, man can determine what is right or wrong. As Ernest Hemingway said, “What is moral is what you feel […]