COPYRIGHT WARNING With the recent Supreme Court ruling that permits gay marriage in all 50 states, the LGBT community has adopted a new slogan: “Love Wins.” Long before the United States acquiesced to gay rights, the followers of Jesus used… Read More ›
How Salvation Occurs
How Could the Families of Those Killed in South Carolina Forgive Dylann Roof?
COPYRIGHT WARNING The recent news of nine people killed in South Carolina, and the immediate forgiveness of Dylan Roof, by the families of those who lost their loved one’s, is extraordinary, indeed. Some people have asked how a person could… Read More ›
Are Christians Who Judge Others, Hypocrites?
COPYRIGHT WARNING Yes. Those who judge the sins of others, while maintaining problems with their own moral behavior, are hypocrites. By this definition, every person on the planet is a hypocrite. There is not one of us who is capable… Read More ›
What God Requires For Eternal Life
COPYRIGHT WARNING When a person wrongs us, we may choose to forgive his error and release him from the debt he owes us. In order for God to have a just reason to forgive, a penalty must be paid by… Read More ›
God’s Escape Clause
COPYRIGHT WARNING There is a provision in the law of God which permits any person, an escape from the penalty of their sins. God has promised to punish all sin and because He is a just God, He will carry… Read More ›
How Does God Forgive Our Sins?
COPYRIGHT WARNING Isaiah 62:11 Indeed the LORD has proclaimed To the end of the world: “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Surely your salvation is coming; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.’ ” Isaiah’s prophecy describes… Read More ›
What is the Gospel and Why Does it Matter?
COPYRIGHT WARNING We often hear the term: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ.” What is the “Gospel,” what does this mean and how does this principle affect the lives of every person who has been born on the earth? The best… Read More ›
Why Most People Will Not Make It To Heaven
COPYRIGHT WARNING Nearly 700 years before Jesus came into the world, the prophet Isaiah described the Salvation which God would offer to the world and the fact that it would be completely His work and none of man’s efforts or… Read More ›
Salvation Without Baptism, Altar Call, or Church Membership
COPYRIGHT WARNING According to many Theologians, Churches, and individual Christians, a person cannot be saved apart from Baptism, or membership in their particular church. The final authority on all matters of doctrine resides with the Bible, not what men say,… Read More ›
Jesus Carried All Your Sins So You No Longer Have To
COPYRIGHT WARNING Those who break the law of God are considered guilty by God and are spoken of as bearing their sins. Leviticus 22:9 They shall therefore keep My ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby… Hebrews… Read More ›
Only Perfect People Can Go To Heaven
COPYRIGHT WARNING What God requires for heaven comes as a surprise to most people. According to the Bible, no person who has ever sinned can enter heaven. Only those who are perfect and without sin many dwell in the presence… Read More ›
Jesus Died for 100 Trillion Sins
Jesus knew ahead of time, all things that were going to transpire regarding His death and resurrection. He had determined every event before He created the first man on the earth. The plan of salvation for all people was not… Read More ›
For Just One Sin…
COPYRIGHT WARNING For just one sin–Jesus had to die. It was not the entire culmination of all human sin and suffering which compelled Jesus to leave heaven and die for us. It was the suffering of one person, one sin–which… Read More ›
The Sovereignty of God and the Free Will of Men
COPYRIGHT WARNING How much of what we do everyday is determined by our own actions, and how much is determined by the plan and purposes of God for our life? Each day, we make a myriad of choices which determine the… Read More ›
We Cannot See the Reality of Our Own Destitute Condition
COPYRIGHT WARNING Isaiah 53:5a But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities… What specifically, did Isaiah the prophet mean when He described our sins and the absolute necessity of the Messiah death to remove those… Read More ›
The Suffering of God at Man’s Unwillingness to be Saved
COPYRIGHT WARNING Luke 19:41-42 Now as Jesus drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are… Read More ›
When our Assumptions About God Prevent us From Being Saved
COPYRIGHT WARNING I have often pondered the fact that many people today still reject Jesus Christ. They do so of their own free will, with full knowledge of who Jesus is, and what the eternal cost is for rejecting Him… Read More ›
After Death, There is No Second Chance of Salvation
The great God of love who created this beautiful and perfectly balanced universe has determined a specific time in which He will offer the forgiveness of sins and eternal life to all who will come and receive it. His offer,… Read More ›
That God Would Die For Us
COPYRIGHT WARNING It is a paradox of the Bible that the One who spoke the universe into existence would be willing to come to earth and lay down His life for us. This character of Jesus as a servant sets… Read More ›
Why Would God Create Man–Knowing that It Would Require the Death of His Son?
COPYRIGHT WARNING Most of us as human beings, wish that we had the ability to know in advance–the results of our decisions. If we knew ahead of time, the consequences of our actions, we would all make better choices. Why then did… Read More ›
How, Why, and When: The Judgement of God (Past and Future)
COPYRIGHT WARNING Many people mistakenly assume by the present inaction of God to judge their sins that God’s love will not allow Him to condemn them to hell. God is the embodiment of love. He is the reason that love… Read More ›
Why God Chose Only One Way to Heaven
COPYRIGHT WARNING How can a person know for certain, the correct path to God? There are hundreds of religions, churches, and public speakers who claim to be the only bridge between God and man. First, we must ask: Are there… Read More ›
The Requirements For Heaven
COPYRIGHT WARNING Many people have an incorrect view of what God requires for admittance into heaven. It is a commonly held belief that those who are “good people,” will be acceptable to God upon their death. No place in the… Read More ›
An Appointment From Eternity: The Samaritan Woman at the Well
COPYRIGHT WARNING One of the most irresistible and attractive qualities of Jesus is His heartfelt compassion for the lost. When we examine the manner in which He speaks to people, even the most destitute and hopeless—find great compassionate and care…. Read More ›