“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9) “Winter Sun Helps Clear Snow”. One of the local television stations I watch had this headline on their website several days after a seven-inch snow storm arrived in our area and wreaked havoc with schools and businesses. Unfortunately, cloudy weather and extremely low temperatures did not help melting for a couple of days. Finally on day three, the sun broke through and the […]

“He didn’t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at Him, no appearance that we should desire Him.” (Isaiah 53:2, HCSB) With the exception of the above verse, the Bible tells us very little about how Jesus looked. If that’s the case, then where did we get that picture of Jesus that hangs over some of our mantles? While there is no biblical support for the picture that our minds conjure up when we think about Jesus, some theologians claim that it came from eyewitness […]

“’Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?’” So Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God’.” Several years ago, I stumbled across a great book while surfing the Internet by the title “Questioning Evangelism.” It is a good read and provides a practical framework for winning souls to Christ. People seem to forget the Great Commission – to proclaim the Gospel to the world – but that’s our challenge from the Lord. […]

“There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” (Romans 3:22-24) What makes Christianity different from all other religions in the world? C.S. Lewis, a longtime defender of the gospel once said, “Oh, that’s easy. It’s grace.” Grace is difficult for the unbeliever to understand primarily because of the demonstrative change it can make in the life of a believer. And there isn’t a better example […]