The landscape of our culture’s thought patterns is changing rapidly. You will struggle to grasp how significant those changes are unless you examine their foundations. The following slides will walk you through seven different worldviews that have left a significant impact on our society, and provide you with the Biblical response. J.B. Phillips warned us: Do not let the world squeeze … Read More
Five words are essential to understand how the Word came into being, and how we are to study and apply it to our daily lives.  Revelation refers to the message (2 Pet. 1:4; John 1:18).  In The Moody Handbook of Theology Dr. Paul Enns writes, Revelation isâŚthat act of God whereby he discloses himself or communicates truth to … Read More
The Bible says that âFaith is the realization of things hoped for, the confidence of things not seen.â (Hebrews 11:1) Perhaps you, like others, struggle to put your confidence in something or some-one you cannot see. Some people believe that if they canât see it, it canât possibly be real. Imagine that I am holding in my fist a 1941-42 … Read More
There are people who say that they donât believe in God because they have never seen Him. I must confess, Iâve never understood that argument. Have they ever been sailing? Or do they refuse to go because they would be dependent upon the wind they cannot see? The apostle Paul spoke about this in Romans 1 when He recorded, âFor … Read More
One Sunday morning I took a chance. I did something Iâd never done before, and that Iâd never seen done before. We took the morning teaching time and studied church history. I confess I was a little nervous. History isnât known as a subject that inspires most of us. After all the dates, places, and names of the past may … Read More
Creation helps us stand in awe of the Creator. His wisdom. His power. His strength. We are left to say with Job, “I know you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted” (Job 42:2). Few acts of creation do this as well as the vastness of the universe. The video is entitled “In the Heavens.” … Read More
There is a simple prayer uttered by the early disciples of Christ in Acts chapter 4. In the face of threats from the religious bureaucracy of the day they prayed to the Lord for courage. In their words, âgrant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your wordâ (Acts 4:29). Remarkably, in spite of the persecution that … Read More
God told Noah to build an ark, and he got busy. It’s a good thing he did, because the ark was really big. How big? Big enough that he needed God’s help to accomplish it. Those are the kinds of things I want to attempt for God. Tasks so big, that unless God steps in, it isn’t going to happen. Chris … Read More
The Bible says that âFaith is the realization of things hoped for, the confidence of things not seen.â (Hebrews 11:1) Perhaps you, like others, struggle to put your confidence in something or Some-one you cannot see. Some people believe that if they canât see it, it canât possibly be real. Imagine that I am holding in my fist a 1941-42 … Read More
Occasionally I hear of someone who thinks that the story of Jesus as recorded in the Scriptures is more legend than fact. They assume that the accounts of Jesus Christ in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were the figment of some early church goerâs imagination. If you fit that category can I ask you to consider the … Read More
