Only God’s Power Transforms
(adapted from a message by Allistair Begg) Loved ones, only God’s power can take an indifferent and rebellious heart and transform it. Man can take religious ideas and communicate them in such a way as…
Category: Points to Ponder
As Sheep Among Wolves
Nobody denies that Jesus gives His followers the clear command to go into the world and share the Good News of salvation. That He sends us out is clear in Scripture. What we often miss…
Preaching: A Serious Thing
“I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.” — Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor Reading this line from a longer poem by Baxter stunned me. I have been…
Limited Time Offer
Jason Helopoulos tells of a day in Dallas, Texas when he and his wife were walking around the city with her new camera. He noticed a clock on the tall bell tower of a large…
Jesus’ Crown of Thorns
Jesus being crowned with thorns has a message, a message indescribably glorious and wonderful.
Bad Things, Good People
The familiar question, “Why to do good things happen to bad people” was asked of Dr. R.C. Sproul. His answer was shocking: “Well, that only happened once. And He volunteered.” Sproul was, of course, referring…
Faith’s Expiration Date
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. While we live our earthly lives as followers of Christ, faith carries us along on the journey. It is…
Jesus’ Response to Sin
Jesus was kindhearted, but He was not nice. When you read the gospels, you see He was not nice when it came to sin and hypocrisy; especially the Saducees and the Pharisees even though He…
Sin: A Description
What is the essence of sin? Playing God; and, as a means to this, refusing to allow the Creator to be God so far as you are concerned. Living, not for Him, but for yourself;…
Playground or Battleground?
Working late and listening to Billy Graham online. Reading from Mark 8 and 9, he says, “Jesus never hid the fact from His disciples that they would face suffering, persecution and death….In Jesus’ day, He…