Month: April 2015

If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ, (Romans 8:9). I hope you have been watching A.D. on Sunday nights. This coming Sunday night the episode includes the most important event in the life of the early church. We call it Pentecost. We call it that because it… Continue reading The Holy Spirit shows up this Sunday

Oh wretched man that I am…(Romans 7:24). I’m not sure what I expected to happen to me when I became a Christian as a university student. I’m sure I thought I better clean up my act a bit (it needed much more than “a bit”). And I think I thought being a follower of Christ… Continue reading Winning the Inner Battle

He is not here, he is risen, just as he said, (Matthew 28:6). Along with Sunday being Easter…the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus…it also marks the premiere of A.D.:the Bible continues. If you haven’t followed the development of this follow-up to The Bible series, produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, check out the… Continue reading A.D. Arrives on Sunday

After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb, (Matthew 28:1). The resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Is it the greatest event in human history…or the greatest fraud? If it is true, life has meaning, purpose, truth, and destiny. If… Continue reading Reason to Believe

From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”), (Matthew 27: 45-46). Today is the middle of what Christians know as Passion Week, or… Continue reading Heading toward Good Friday