Series: Defending Your Faith – The Resurrection Did Jesus Really Die? The Cross, the Evidence, and the Hope of the Gospel In the television show ‘CSI’, investigators use forensic pathology and medical research to uncover the circumstances of death. In a similar way, modern medical insight can help us think carefully about the death of…
Victory Through Our Lord Jesus Christ “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” (1 Corinthians 15:57). Christ Took Our Sin and Paid Our Debt When Jesus hung on the cross at Calvary, He was not dying as a victim of history. He was dying as the spotless…
When Life Feels Small, God Is Still Enough “They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out to a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me” (Psalm 18:18–19). When the World Feels Small If you have taken your children to Disney World,…
Series: Defending Your Faith – Jesus Eyewitnesses to the Risen Christ Faith Built on Public Truth An eyewitness can make or break a courtroom case. When more witnesses step forward and tell the same story, the evidence becomes stronger. That matters when we talk about Jesus. Christianity is not built on wishful thinking, private visions,…
Series: Basics of the Faith – Man The God Who Made Us: Creation, Purpose, and Worship Few questions shape a life more deeply than this one: Where did we come from? That question is not just for science classrooms or college debates. It reaches into our homes, our laws, our schools, our view of human…
Series: Basics of the Faith – God Can We Really Know God? Can We Know Him? From the beginning, mankind has wanted to know God. That longing is not accidental. We were made by Him and for Him. Deep down, every human heart knows there is more to life than what we can see, touch,…
Set Free to Preach the Word Charles Spurgeon once wrote something to the effect that it is better to be a lean bird in the woods than a fat bird in a cage. That is a word we need to hear again. A young minister can be tempted to settle down where everything is safe,…
Series: Defending Your Faith – Jesus Christ Jesus Christ: The Eyewitness Testimony We Cannot Ignore This Is Not a Made-Up Story In a courtroom, eyewitness testimony matters. It can strengthen a case or tear it apart. That matters here, because the Christian faith is not built on myth, rumor, or religious wishful thinking. It is…
Series: Defending Your Faith – Worldviews The God Who Is There For generations, much of the Western world assumed that God made the world, rules over it, and has spoken into it. Then came movements like the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and little by little many people began to trust human reason more than divine…
From Worry to Trust The Lord’s Call to a Trusting Heart Our Lord spoke plainly about anxiety. He told His disciples not to live under the weight of fear about food, clothing, and the needs of daily life. In Luke 12, Jesus said, Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat; or about the…