When I explain the Gospel to someone, I hit on three different questions: What is wrong with the world? Why is the world like that? How can what is wrong be set right? By going through those three questions I can explain the Gospel to someone in under 5 minutes, ...
Read More »Satan’s Great Worldly Gospel Deception
It is Satan’s great worldly gospel deception that anyone can experience Christ and not be totally changed. As my artist friend titled this featured artwork: “Duplicity On The Loose.” It is a false gospel on the loose! du·plic·i·ty NOUN: a. Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech. b. An instance of ...
Read More »The Responsibility of Sharing the Good News
Christians have a responsibility, a responsibility to not just lead moral lives, but to spread the Gospel to all corners of the world, that was not a suggestion it was a command from Jesus Himself, as He said in Matthew 28:19, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing ...
Read More »Should Christmas Be Different for Christians?
Last weekend I had a moment. An absolute fit about the holidays. The same fit we all have this time of year about the mixing of secular and sacred. The battle against the commercialism has put me in a humbug sort of mood. You see, in my futile attempt to ...
Read More »Guilt Versus Grace–Who Wins?
Guilt! It’s heavy. It’s paralyzing. And it can become all-consuming, threatening the one who suffers from it with feelings of isolation, unworthiness, and despair. And then there’s grace. Amazing grace. God’s unmerited favor that washes away those taunting feelings and makes it easier to breathe again, to live again. Guilt ...
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