The Mission Is to Multiply
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:18, ESV) Every major company in the world today has a mission statement. Mission statements tell us the company’s purpose, the reason they exist in the world, and what they seek…
Experiencing the Reality of the Resurrection
It is remarkable to consider the numerous testimonies of skeptical scholars who set out to disprove the whole story of Jesus and His resurrection, and, like the hotheaded Saul of Tarsus, were knocked from their high horse only so they…
The Coffin Is a Better Teacher than the Crib
The Bible’s message could be boiled down to this: Live every day in light of the end. Everyone dies, but most people live in denial of that fact. God wants us to see how foolish it is to deny our…
Responding to Common Atheist Objections
“For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the…
The Right Time to Pray Is Now
Our world tends to think of prayer as the last resort. We go to prayer when we are desperate. It’s amazing how tragedies drive even the most irreligious to prayer. For instance, after the tragic school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut,…
The Grace Opportunity
Many are familiar with Jesus’ famous words: “First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:5, NIV). His point was that we…
A Gay Man Surrenders to Jesus
“What about homosexuality? What is your church’s stance on it? Is it a sin or not?” This is the question that Becket Cook, a Hollywood set designer, asked a young man studying his Bible at a coffee shop in Los…
Answering a Muslim’s Challenge to Jesus
A Muslim friend of mind recently recommended I read the 2019 book Apostate: From Christianity to Islam in times of secularization and terror, written by the recently converted Muslim, Joram van Klaveren. The well-written book describes van Klaveren’s journey from…
How Humility Leads to Joy
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” (Philippians 2:3, ESV) Recently, I was talking with an atheist friend about our different views of reality. Rather than pointing to more objective evidence, I asked him…
Is Christianity a Force for Good or Evil?
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the…