When people hear that I’m a missionary in Haiti, many of them ask, “Aren’t you afraid?” The answer is always NO. Haitian voudou, like all mystic and pagan-anamistic worldview and religions, is one of fear and intimidation...
We see a sweet, yet bitter contrast in the story of Elijah and Elisha. Elijah stood head and shoulders above his follow Israelites. He was revered as the most spiritual one in the land. He was the one to whom everyone looked to hear a word from the...
A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Christ, surrendering ourselves, our loved ones, our possessions, our present, and our future. It’s...
Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey starred together in the 1997 film Contact. About halfway through the film Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster), who is an agnostic scientist and the protagonist of the film, introduces the theory of Occam’s...
From the outset of the Scriptures, God forbids his people to create idols. In the ancient world, idols not only represent gods, but were also the physical manifestation of the gods. The idol was the incarnation of the deity. The ancients believed...
I was recently visiting with some wonderful Christian men and women at a church in Waco, Texas. They invited me to come to share about ministry in Haiti. Many of the people I spoke with had never been to Haiti before. This meant that when they asked...
The Bible is full of stories. Furthermore, those stories have main characters (as all good stories do). One of the wonderful things about stories and characters therein is that the characters become our way into the story. That is, we are able to...
And Jesus said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous buy sinners to repentance. — Luke 5:31–32 Grace is a one of the most essential components of Christian belief and...
The book of Ezekiel is fascinating. There is content in Ezekiel that is unlike any other book of the Bible. Of particular interest is the first three chapters where we find the prophet’s inaugural vision where he sees heavenly beings and the...
In Matthew 7, “Jesus moves from personal temptations to interpersonal temptations” (ESV Study Bible Notes). This means that our relationship with others is on par with our relationship with the Father in terms of importance. Ultimately...