“The gospel of God … concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom. 1:1, 3) The central element of the gospel is the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. Unlike the many religions of the world, true Christianity cannot be disassociated from its founder. It is not enough to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. […]
Another Jesus. Another gospel. Another Spirit. Paul not only preached the gospel but at times had to defend it, to re-affirm it to believers so that their faith would be resting in the right object, and they would be confirmed or strong in grace unto the coming of the Lord. He wrote in Philippians 1:17, […]
No God, no hope. Know God, know hope. The situation is hopeless!” Such statements of despair can be heard in every people group of the world, any hour of any day. There is likely someone in your neighborhood who is currently seeing life this way—maybe even in your own home. Is this what God intended […]
A solemn duty I don’t know about you, but I often view my responsibility to share the gospel not so much as an obligation but a common courtesy: I have extremely good news that can help someone, and I want to share it with them because they are nice folk. There is a measure of […]
The conversion of Cornelius The conversion of Cornelius in Acts 10 provides every serious student of the Word with further insight into the way that God works in people’s lives to bring them to Himself—both by preparing their hearts to receive the gospel and also by preparing the hearts of His people to share it. […]
Am I aiming high enough? In our last column, we considered the fact that as wonderful as it is to have saved, moral children, that is but the beginning of their lives of faith. The Lord desires that we raise our children to enjoy a vibrant, transforming relationship with Him and to be whole-heartedly involved […]
Read More… from Spiritual Leadership Starts at Home (part 2)
A daily walk in the light As we read the New Testament, we can’t help but notice the monumental roll the church played in the lives of the early believers. Once the church came into being (Acts 2), the vast majority of the New Testament concerned or was directed to local churches. It was assumed […]
What makes fellowship so important is that man was created to enjoy fellowship with his God, and undoubtedly did so in his unfallen state in Eden. But the entrance of sin changed all that, and the spiritual death which ensued from Adam’s disobedience made such communion impossible. Now, on the basis of the abounding grace […]
Careful! That book is alive! If Paul visited your assembly for a time, and then wrote an epistle to you all, what would it say? It shouldn’t surprise us that the early believers “turned the world upside down.” After all, they had the promised co-laboring of the Son of God, who would be with them […]