It’s really hard to be courteous to everyone always. Actually, it seems impossible. Not long ago I wrote a Saturday Sermon about a text in the New Testament that commands Christians to be courteous to all people (Titus 3:2). I wrote...
How do we get into the presence of God? Christian theology teaches that God is everywhere at once (omnipresent) and deeply involved in the outworking of events in history (immanence). At the same time, many people throughout history have sought...
It’s customary in Haiti for people to get married at the end of the calendar year. This being the case, we usually have our share of weddings to attend right around Christmas time. Sure enough, last week one of our best friends here in Haiti...
Christianity is all about new beginnings. Consider these verses from the Bible as we prepare the head into the new year: • “Remember not the former things, not consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth...
Part of Christ’s priestly role is to tend the lampstands. The OT priest would trim the lamps, remove the wick and old oil, refill the lamps with fresh oil, and relight those that had gone out. Likewise, Christ tends the ecclesial lampstands by...
Matthew 24:13 “But the one who endures until the end will be saved.” By the grace of God, I’ve never had too much trouble believing in Jesus as my Savior. Maybe it’s because I was introduced to the Gospel of Jesus at a young age, but believing in...
Our language and rhetoric reveal our burdens, passions, and priorities. Interestingly, the language in social media surrounding the election is quite passionate. When I hop on Facebook or Twitter, I see that people are infuriated, frustrated, angry...
Have you ever thought about the simple fact that people respond to Jesus very differently? There are those today who love him and willingly die for him, there are others who hate him and wish they never heard the name again, and then there are those...
But we need to remind ourselves to whom Paul’s great letter was sent. Looming up behind the various discussions of why Romans was written is an issue not usually noticed. Paul was coming to Rome with the gospel message of Jesus the Jewish...
I mentioned in this post that the Bible compares Jesus and the Church to a married couple. I noted that the points of comparison between the two are deep love and commitment (self-sacrificing love and commitment). This isn’t the only metaphor the...