This lawyer wanted to know how to obtain (inherit) eternal life. Let us be reminded that Jesus offers this awesome gift of eternal life! The gospel of John especially focuses on this promise from the Father. John 3.16, says, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in…
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What Shall We Do? (Luke 3)
10 And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?” 11 And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” 13 And he said to them,…
What God Has Done for Us in Christ
Paul overflows with praise in Ephesians 1.3-14, listing an abundance of blessings God has poured out upon His children in Christ. God… Has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places Chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world Predestined us for adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus…
Desert Shrub or River Tree
If you could be a parched shrub or a luscious tree, which would you choose? In Jeremiah 17.5-8 God gives two images. First, He gives the parched shrub: Thus says the LORD:“Cursed is the man who trusts in manand makes flesh his strength,whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a shrub in the desert,and…
What Can We Do to Bring Unity?
Dear Christian, Do you feel compelled by the present distress to do something to help calm the chaos, unify broken relationships, and encourage love among neighbors and countrymen? If so, you are not alone. It is hard to see the unrest and anxiety around us and not want to offer healing. But what can you…
God Is in Control
Christians like to say, “Don’t worry. God is in control.” Do you say it? What do you mean by it? How is God in control? There are various levels of control a person may have. A man driving a car is in control of the car–but can he make sure the tires never go flat?…
Do Lives Really Matter?
We are told that man is the highest being in the universe—but we appeared here by a cosmic accident, rising slowly from the slime of nothingness to the city-building, technology-wielding age of today. Evolution is the god who made us. We are also told that each person has inherent worth, that it is wrong to…
The Answer to Man’s Dark Heart
What I have recently witnessed on video and listened to via podcast and radio reminds me of when “the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen. 6.5). Doesn’t that sum up our present age? Another…
A Couple of Thoughts
I love writing. I love it when my wife writes. We are a couple, and we have a couple of thoughts. I plan to write. I plan to coerce my wife into writing. We shall see how successful I am.