We Were Made to Marvel
Erik Raymond As a Christian I looked around and found myself reminded again of the image of God in humanity. We were made to marvel. We were created to have our hearts drawn after beauty through our senses.
Our Relatives and Friends Without Christ
Jim Elliff How can you talk to friends and family about Christ when it appears that they don’t really want to listen to you? Beside prayer, a powerful tool, consider just this one idea.
How Do I Know I'm a Christian?
Kevin DeYoung Whenever counseling Christians looking for assurance of salvation, I take them to 1 John. This brief epistle is full of help for determining whether we are in the faith or not...
Jesus, Friend of Sinners: But How?
Kevin DeYoung As precious as this truth is—that Jesus is a friend of sinners—it, like every other precious truth in the Bible, needs to be safeguarded against doctrinal and ethical error. It is all too easy, and amazingly common, for Christians (or non-Christians) to take the general truth that Jesus was a friend of sinners and twist it all out of biblical recognition...
3 Muslim-Christian Crossroads
C.M. If you’ve ever had a prolonged conversation with a Muslim on theology, you know that they are generally well-trained in discussing their problems with the Trinity and divinity of Jesus. So why not consider looking for points of discussion off the beaten path and that may even engage us as Christians at a heart level too?
How to Grow Spiritually
William Boekestein There was once a powerful Syrian general named Naaman who had contracted the dreaded disease of leprosy. At God’s instruction, the prophet Elisha promised Naaman healing if he would wash in the Jordan River seven times...