Top 10 Reasons Christians Don’t Witness “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Martus, translated as both “witness” and “martyr,” refers to those who, because of […]
LOOKING FOR FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE In 2008 the signs were everywhere. “Hope and Change” were the call words of Barack Obama’s campaign. Conor Friedersdorf, a staff writer at The Atlantic, wrote in that magazine in January 2014, “It’s worth remembering that Obama asserted a need to ‘fundamentally change the way Washington works,’ an approach Hillary Clinton […]
CHRISTIANS AND THE U.S. ELECTIONS The 2016 U.S. primaries are the talk of the town. Everybody wants to weigh in on the candidates and discuss the options. What should a Christian do? Let’s see. Rubio is fading fast; if he loses Florida, they say he’s a goner. Kasich, probably the most prepared for the job, […]
Keep On Truckin’ My son David and I were on a mission of mercy, and he had taken the day off work so we could head north to Detroit last Friday morning. I was driving a Ford F350 and pulling a Pace tandem-axle covered cargo trailer. It was a long drive, but the weather was […]
This is part 5 of this series. Previous: 1 2 3 4 What About those Branches that are Burned? You can’t read the Gospel by John without noticing the words “the Father” (58x) and “My Father” (27x). Apart from two statements in John 1, two in John 13, and two questions by the disciples in […]
This is part 4 of this 5-part series. Previous: 1 2 3 This article will require careful thinking. But I can’t stress enough how important the subject is, because it directly affects how you think about grace, about God’s earthly people Israel, and, most importantly, how you think about God Himself. And as A.W. Tozer […]
This is part 3 of a 5-part series. Previous: 1 2 What About Those Who Are Not His Sheep? “The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, […]
This is part 2 of this series. Previous: 1 Transitional Passage 2 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who […]
This is part 1 of a 5-part series. Introduction When the Lord Jesus arrived on the planet, we must remember there were people living who were the spiritual children of Abraham by faith. They had, like the patriarch, a true and vital relationship with Jehovah, though they had not yet met Jesus. As the Lord Jesus […]