What – God for us?
The idea that somehow God should choose those who are to be His, which comes in this Sunday’s passage in Ephesians 1, raises questions. Isn’t it we who choose God? And…
Stuff you can’t enjoy
I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind:God gives some people wealth, possessions and honour, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but…
Faith – the wrong word?
He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” (Mark 5:34, NIV)One of the challenges facing Bible translators is that words…
Set of 3 religious symbols: islamic crescent, jewish David's star, christian cross
Which god is real?
Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from…
The unconfined Jesus
In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach…(Acts 1:1, NIV)The startling sentence with which the book of Acts opens presses on…
Across all cultures
In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world — just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it…
Even if I die
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed,yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself…
How not to be forgotten
The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone,and its place remembers it no more. But from everlasting…
Christian Extremism
“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord…
The convert for converts
Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners — of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason…