Luke 16.31 warns if they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if
someone rises from the dead.
Jesus rose from the dead. This is the most fundamental and crucial teaching of the Christian faith. It separates Christianity from all other religions. (more…)
Jonah 4.2 describes, I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and
abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
No other god in any holy book is described as loving and compassionate, gracious and slow to anger. The One True God stands alone in this characterization of Who God really is and what He is really like. (more…)
Colossians 2:6 commands, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in 
Him. What makes a person a Christian?
The debate has long raged because unlike all of the other religions, there are no ‘3 steps’ to making oneself a Christian. There are however 3 principles that if not evident in our lives should cause us much concern about our belief that we truly are Christians. (more…)
Philippians 2.21 observes everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Humanity is created by God to serve God and to live with God forever. Simple to understand largely ignored.
If there really is God it only makes sense that He would be our Creator. If we are created then it only makes sense it is to serve the Creator. (more…)
Galatians 5.1 declares it is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Freedom to the Apostle, to God, does 
not mean the same thing as we use the word freedom to mean.
We use freedom to mean doing anything we want without constraint. This was the freedom our forefathers wanted when they rebelled against God because they didn’t want to submit to His one limitation for their lives.
We continue to want this freedom over our lives; no rules, no constraint, no God. (more…)
Ezekiel 11.19 promises I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove 
from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
The purpose of religion is to make people better so that they can appease God and get along with one another better. It doesn’t work. (more…)
1 Samuel 16:7 observes the Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward
appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
Its football season, my favorite sport and my favorite time of year. I am always amazed how fast and how big the players are in this game. The hits they deliver upon each other make me wonder if its really a good idea to play this sport. In football size and speed matter but not as much as heart. Every team has big and fast guys but not every team is filled with guys with great hearts. (more…)
1 Samuel 3.21 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there He revealed Himself to Samuel 
through His word.
Knowing God’s will is not complicated.
The difference between the Christian God and all other gods, including Allah, is the clarity by which He makes Himself known and what He requires. This only makes sense if God is truly loving and just.
A God Who desires a relationship with humanity must by virtue of the desire reveal as clearly as possible His personality, intentions and will to those with whom He desires a relationship. (more…)
Acts 28.27 describes this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand 
with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.
Who is God describing in this quote? His religious followers.
The result of His people ignoring His word was their missing His work among them through the promised Messiah Jesus. (more…)
Jeremiah 32.19 proclaims Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; You reward each person
according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.
Working for our salvation and working out our salvation are totally different but look entirely the same. (more…)
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