Tag: Jesus
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Jesus is God: 8 Reasons from the Bible
The question of “is Jesus God?” has been a subject of discussion since not long after the world timetable flipped to A.D. So let’s take a look at this most critical issue. Though the theories on who Jesus is vary, I would like to summarize a compelling treatment I heard in a sermon recently of […]
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Unpacking a Piece of the Most Important Commandment (If You Don’t MIND)
When I learn something significant or a truth hits me in a new way, especially when it pertains to knowledge of God or spiritual life, it can feel like an earth-shaking moment. Has that ever happened to you? Today, I want to share with you one such discovery I made some years ago, that impacted […]
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Why People Hate Christians & Christianity
Published 3/4/18. Updated 3/4/21. Why do people hate Christians? Or why do people hate Christianity? Since my childhood, I’ve seen Judeo-Christian ethics slowly but surely move from basically accepted standards and the cultural norm to rejected, stomped on, and moved to what, subjectively, seems like a shunned fringe of society. This sentiment is reinforced heavily […]
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The Good News Isn’t Good Without the Bad News (A Brief Look at Gospel Implications)
Sometimes, you cannot comprehend how wonderful something is until you are aware of or experience the opposite, to glean an appreciation. “You don’t know what you’ve got until its gone.” “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” “There are unknown unknowns, things we don’t know that we don’t know.” – […]
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The Glorious Message of Easter
It has been said that Easter is the most significant holiday. I agree. It is, after all, one of the two occasions during the year when more people than ever walk through the doors of a church, then leave and don’t return again until Christmas. But why? For the born again Christ-follower, Easter means a […]