“But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” (1 John 4:8 NLT) As John succinctly puts it “God is love” and so if we are to be perfectly in the will of God we need to have perfect love. “Perfect Love” was the code phrase used by John Wesley to descibe what we today refer to as “holiness”. God supplies every ...
I was struck this Easter by how much talk about the resurrection is about everything (anything) except the mind-blowing transformation it represents for all of humanity!
The sufficiency of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ stands at the very heart of our Christian faith. The same all-sufficient offering that made it possible for God to save sinners ...
On a recent Sunday after singing Charles Wesley’s famous hymn “O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer’s praise”, a friend asked me to explain the meaning and scriptural derivation of the verse which says:
“He breaks the power of cancelled sin, He sets the prisoner free; His blood can make the foulest clean; His blood ...
It is tempting to think that “in the grand scheme of things” our individual and personal thoughts and actions are of little consequence, but scripturally that is not true.
In a world where everything seems temporary—institutions rise and fall, cultures shift, and human achievements fade—the mission of the Gospel doesn’t fade. We today are ...
[ All scripture references are from the New Living Translation — NLT ]
It is safe to say we live in perilous times. Jesus’ commentary about “wars and rumors of wars” is playing out on the world stage before our eyes on the nightly news. And this can certainly be frightening to much of the population and troubling to most of us, but it is important ...
[ All scripture references are from the New Living Translation — NLT ]
One of the core beliefs in Judeo-Christianity is the premise of “original sin”. That is, as a consequence of Adam & Eve’s willful disobedience, the human race is predisposed to rebellion against God rather than living in harmony with His will. As David writes in Psalm ...
[ All scripture references are from the New Living Translation — NLT ]
One of the toughest questions I encounter from friends who know I study scripture is, “How can I know I am doing God’s will?” My usual answer is that it will depend on a number of factors, but a good place to start is with Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians. Here Paul gives ...