Where Do I Fit in God’s Big Picture (Part 3)
The real question a disciple of Jesus must answer is not, ‘Will I have influence in my lifetime?’ but ‘What will I do with the influence I have?
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Where Do I Fit in God’s Big Picture? (Part 2)
In the previous post, we saw from Ephesians 1:3-10 how God’s grand design and purpose in choosing us before the foundation of the world is to bring us into His family: “he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will” (verse 5). Because of Christ’s work
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Where Do I Fit in God’s Big Picture? (Part 1)
The story is told of a man who on his hospital bed, called his wife and three children to his bedside to give them his last wishes. “To you, my darling wife, I leave that big hotel on Kairaba Road (imagine a 13-floor hotel)”. The wife burst into uncontrollable tears. Turning to his eldest son,
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The Mindset Every Christian Must Have
“Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 1:13 I know some of you don’t like action movies. You find them either too unrealistic or violent. After a hard day’s work, all you
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Is Our Fixation On Miracles Biblical?
And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.” Mark 1:36-38 In God’s providence, he gave us four
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Facing the Future without Fear
“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6 It had been forty years of wandering in the desert, but finally, they were at the cusp of the Promised Land.
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The Trinity Before Constantine
“…from the essence of the Father, God from God,Light from Light, True God from true God, Begotten, not created,Of the same essence as the Father,”Nicene Creed, 325 AD[1] If there has ever been a theological hill to die on, it is for the doctrine of the Trinity. In fact, this is the exact place where many have
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Grass For My Sheep Over Conscience
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus
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Book Review: Journey Into God’s Word – The Interpretive Journey
If you’re like me, you’ve not heard many sermons on interpreting the Bible accurately – I can’t recall a single one in all my years of church attendance. Every Christian is expected to be a student of the Bible, yet we are not taught how to approach our study of God’s Word. Somehow, it is
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Does God Answer All Our Prayers?
“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.” 1 John 5:14-15 It is fair to say that
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