The Man Jesus Called “Dad”
If there is one truth that Christians have always believed about Christmas it is that Jesus was conceived not by natural human means, but supernaturally in the womb of a virgin named Mary. The Nicene Creed of AD 325 states,…
Praying When God Seems Distant
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” (Romans 12:12, ESV) For many people, the only prayer they practice is a kind of formal, perfunctory prayer that is done at family gatherings. Such people struggle with prayer…
The Nations Rage, but Jesus Reigns
With the 2024 U. S. presidential election fast approaching, many people are feeling anxious about our nation’s uncertain future. Who will lead our country for the next four years? Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? How will this shape our nation’s…
How We Got Our Bible
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17, NIV) Picture, if you will, living at a time when…
Begin with God
What we prioritize determines the course of our lives. There’s a simple law of reality that says, “If you don’t set your priorities, someone else will set them for you.” In fact, more often than not, the world will set…
Light in a Dark World
“And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.” (John 3:19, ESV) This last weekend, the 2024 Olympics kicked off with an opening…
Are You a Cultural Christian?
“In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind” (John 1:4). Recently, I heard someone use a phrase I often hear: “I’ve always tried to be a good Christian man.” Hearing this statement got me thinking.…
What Is God’s Plan for Jewish People?
“Note then the kindness and the severity of God.” (Romans 11:22, ESV) Not long ago, my friend Matt and I were on Oregon State’s campus talking to people about Jesus. A Jewish rabbi approached us and asked, “Are you Jewish?”…
Going Through a Rough Patch?
One of the biggest ways our enemy, the devil, will try to sabotage our walk with Jesus is through painting God as uncaring or incapable of helping us during the rough patches of life. And when it comes to “rough…
Is the Bible Still Relevant Today?
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12, ESV) An objection I often hear…