Easter Sunday is coming, which has a lot of people thinking about resurrection from the dead. Two Sundays ago, I preached on how Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been dead (and smelly) for 4 days (John 11). This was the straw that broke the camel’s back for the religious leaders to […]
Suffering & Living Like this World is Heaven
Suffering is one of the most common reasons people doubt God. If God is so loving, how can such bad things happen? Trite statements by Christians only make this worse: Something good will come out this, just wait. God has a purpose for everything. Something good will come out of rape, child abuse, or the […]
Why all religions aren’t the same, and why it’s so good they aren’t!
There are two groups who think all religions are the same: the informed and the uninformed. The informed have done a general study of the main religions and have concluded that they share the same central tenants or that God is too big to put in a box so he/she/it must be larger than any […]
Psalm 46 is a Gift for those who Struggle with Depression & Anxiety
When you ask God to take away your depression or anxiety and He doesn’t…
From the Gospels: trending Bible verses on money, the poor, & “consumer church”
Let the Scriptures speak… What trend do you see? Is it the same trend or a different trend than you see in America? In the American Church? Matthew (Jesus, Mary and Joseph were immigrants / refugees) Matt. 2:13-15 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. […]
Why Believing in Jesus Makes Sense
A historical man named Jesus claimed to be God. He died on a cross at the hands of the Romans, a historical event. Many witnesses saw him rise from the dead. These witness and other earliest followers spread the news of his resurrection, his being God, and his promise to save us, at the expense […]