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...
Most people in the western world today know that Jesus died on a cross. The question is, why did he die? Most Christians would respond to that question with a theological answer. That is, they would say that Jesus died in order to take away the sin...
Romans 1:1–6 reads: Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to...
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” (The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society...
There is no part of our lives that Jesus isn’t interested in. He’s interested in all of it. Every bit of it. This idea can be quite unnerving. Each of us have things in our lives that are so deep, so secret, so hidden, and so painful...
Today I read the following testimony. “In 1975, our house was robbed. My father called 911 and the officer who received the dispatch raced to our house. While on the way, the policeman heard Jesus say to him, “Tell the person you meet...
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...
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...