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(John Martin, The Plains of Heaven) Is your body as good as new? Of course it isn’t. After turning thirty our bodies begin to deteriorate. If only I could recover the strength and agility of pain-free knees! I can remember the days of running track and playing...
WHAT IS THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
There is a tendency for different churches to emphasize one person of the Holy Trinity to the neglect of the others, e.g. some churches tend to emphasize God as Father, some churches tend to emphasize God as the Son, and some churches tend to emphasize God as the Holy...
THE LAST JUDGMENT
“John’s vision of the Last Judgment in Revelation 20:11-15 is one of awesome and sobering impressiveness. He sees a great white throne. All the dead, without respect of persons, are brought before the judgment seat of God. “The great and the small,” that is, those who...
WHO IS JESUS?
What is your definition of Christianity? It has to do with Jesus Christ: who he was and is and has done for the salvation of the world. What is a Christian? Someone who believes in and follows Jesus as his disciple. “In the past God spoke to our forefathers through...
THE DEFEAT OF EVIL
J.R. Tolkien’s famous children’s book, The Hobbit tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, who travels to the Lonely Mountain, accompanied by a vigorous group of Dwarves, to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. Bilbo is swept into the quest of reclaiming...
TAKING GOD SERIOUSLY
I have begun to teach a class on Christian beliefs and practice using my book on the summary of John Stott’s teaching. Thirty-eight of us gathered together and discussed the following questions arising from the first chapter on God. First of all, we discussed how the...
REASONS FOR HALLELUJAH
"After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: ‘Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for just and true are his judgments’ … Then a voice came from the throne, saying: ‘Praise our God, all you his...
OUR FUTURE GLORY
How do you deal with the trials and tribulations of the past year and the prospect of the unknown new year with all its possibilities? 2021 was traumatic for many of us who experienced losses of family and friends. We wonder how many of us will be here at the end of...
ENCOURAGEMENT IN OLD AGE
“Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”...
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM GROWING CHURCHES
Good News! While recent polls have indicated that the percentage of Christians in the United States has declined, as has churchgoing, and the number of Nones (those who indicate they have no religious affiliation) has grown, that is not true in the rest of the world....
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