There is also irony here: when Christ sets us free from slavery to the flesh, he calls us to the royal liberty of slavery to him. That is why we call him Master. We acknowledge that it is from him tha...
The temple that was standing in Jesus' time was destroyed by the Romans in AD 70. Many evangelical Christians are waiting eagerly for the Jews to build a new temple, seeing that as a sign of the end o...
The simple answer is that there is something in the creature that does not reside in the Creator—sin. That does not mean that the creature has something greater than the Creator; rather, the creature...
The promise of God is not that He will never give us more weight than we want to carry. The promise of God is that He will never put more on us than we can bear.
The millions of people who have been born again are still in their spiritual infancy. When they arrive at spiritual maturity, their impact on the nation will surely be felt.
The medical community has the greatest financial vested interest in abortion, which has become at least a billion-dollar business.
The failures of Judas, of Peter, and of their fellow disciples should cause us to fall to our knees in surrender, asking Christ to cause us to stand. Only by His power will we remain loyal to Him.
The fact that people become emotional about the abortion issue has a rational basis. The emotion is not arbitrary or capricious. The emotion is rooted in the deep human consciousness of the sanctity o...
The conscience is the tool that God the Holy Spirit uses to convict us, bring us to repentance, and to receive the healing of forgiveness that flows from the gospel.
The Son of GodThe New Testament recounts few instances when God was heard speaking from heaven. When He did, it was normallyto announce something startling. God was zealous to announce that Jesus Chri...
The Sacred and the Profane. Eliade insists that we have never been able to create an existence of pure and utter profanity. He says, To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who...
The English word ethic or ethics comes from the Greek word ethos. The word morals or morality comes from the word mores. The difference is that the ethos of a society or culture deals with its foundat...
The Apostle Paul frequently admonishes and instructs Christians not to be quarrelsome, divisive, or combative. He extols the virtues of patience, charity, and tolerance. Yet when it came to the gospel...
Sproul. These were discussed in a number of ways by groups of delegates from the Advisory Board and in various partial and plenary sessions at the summit. Furthermore, written comments were solicited...
Puedo tener esperanza porque tengo fe en Dios. Puesto que puedo confiar en la promesa de Dios para el mañana, mi esperanza tiene garantía; mi esperanza no es solo una quimera, una fantasía o la proyec...
Prayer is one of the most important means of grace that we have to strengthen our faith. Prayer is not for God's benefit. We don't pray to give Him information that otherwise He would not have. We don...
Pilate therefore said to Him, Are You a king then? Jesus answered, You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witnes...
Pero el nuevo nacimiento es meramente el punto de partida de este proceso que continúa hasta que somos glorificados en el cielo. La lucha continúa desde el día del nuevo nacimiento hasta aquel día en...
Paul was sayingthat in all of his teaching, in all of his preaching, in all of his missionary activity, the central point of importance was the cross. In effect, this teacher was saying to his student...
Only God can bring something out of nothing and life out of death.