When a person decides to enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ he or she receives the gift of the Holy Spirit. This is a new life that one finds only in Jesus. In other words, a person is ‘born again’ and becomes a new creation in Christ. The Bible clearly states in Galatians […]
The answer is yes. In the beginning, Adam walked and talked and fellowshipped with God every day. That was how God intended life to be for every person ever born: to actually know God personally. Unfortunately, Adam sinned when he disobeyed God’s only rule. Sin then separated man from God. The “good news” is that […]
Yes, and No. While Jesus commanded his followers to go and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19), he taught and demonstrated that it is God, not Christians, who does the converting. Christians are to be Jesus’ ambassadors to the world bringing the Good News of the Gospel that Jesus alone saves. God does all […]
Jesus said: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” When taken out of context, this answer that Jesus gave to a Canaanite woman makes it appear that the mission of Jesus was to the Jews alone. When read in the context of the story related by both Matthew and Mark, the opposite […]
The better question may be: “Can I ever out-give God?” Imagine what your community, our nation, the world, for that matter, might look like if every Christian were to give 10% or more of their income to the work of God…not the average of 3% it gives now. Tithing was instituted in God’s law as […]
Purgatory is a false teaching that says that after people die, they get a second chance to go to heaven. Supposedly, after death, a person enters a state of limbo between heaven and hell, where a purging takes place and that there are things a person can do, or that others can do for him, […]
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” — Matthew 5:6 To hunger and thirst for righteousness is to crave—deeply and persistently—a life aligned with God’s will. Jesus uses visceral language here: hunger and thirst are primal, urgent needs. He’s not talking about a casual interest in being good; […]
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” — Matthew 5:5 This beatitude, nestled in the heart of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, has stirred centuries of reflection, debate, and even discomfort. In a world that celebrates dominance, ambition, and assertiveness, the idea that the meek — often misunderstood as weak or passive […]
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” — Matthew 5:3 To be poor in spirit is not about financial poverty or low self-esteem. It’s a spiritual posture—an honest recognition of our deep need for God. The Greek word used for “poor” here, ptōchos, refers to absolute destitution. Jesus is […]
The Ninth Commandment, “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” (Exodus 20:16), is a clear two-part moral directive. One, God wants people to tell the truth. Two, God wants people to NOT harm their neighbors. So the question about lying should be pretty easy, but it isn’t. First, we must remember that the […]
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