God Creates by His Word
By Jason Smith “By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.” (Hebrews 11:3) On Christmas Eve, 1968, the crew of…
Jesus Is the Promised Seed
By Jason Smith “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15) The Bible, from its very beginning, makes sense…
A Lesson in Humility from My 3-Year-Old
By Jason Smith “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.” (James 4:10) My family recently returned from a trip to Fresno, California, to see relatives. It can be a roughly 12-hour drive from there to Salem. However,…
The Great Exchange
By Jason Smith “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so…
Is God Really in Control?
By Jason Smith “I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.” (Isaiah 45:5-7) Just how sovereign is the God of the Bible? When one considers the endless…
The Remarkable Compassion of God
By Jason Smith But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him… “For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost,…
The Holy Mystery of Christmas
By Jason Smith “He made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!…
What Is God Like?
By Jason Smith “‘To whom then will you liken Me that I would be his equal?’ says the Holy One” (Isaiah 40:25). Theologian A. W. Tozer once said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the…
How Should Christians Vote?
By Jason Smith “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God” (Romans 13:1). You might be wondering if I really have the…
Love Must Be Genuine
By Jason Smith “Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good” (Romans 12:9). “In my experience, the church has done more harm than good,” the young man told me. The words sounded a bit…