Luke’s Unique Resume If we consider that the writer of the gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles was not Jewish but a Gentile and...

Distinctive Features My reading this week was the Gospel according to Matthew, the first gospel in the New Testament.  Matthew has the...

The gospel teaches us that we can draw near to God confidently because Jesus Christ bore the punishment for our sins. That’s why the good...

Those who find God’s forgiveness and restoration always recognize two things: their own sinful unworthiness, and God’s loving kindness....

In Jesus Christ there is sure salvation. Why? Because those of us whom He saves do not depend on our own merits. Rather, He is our...

Will the gospel win the victory? God’s word–though ignored, thwarted, ridiculed, and opposed–will always triumph.  He guarantees it....

How far does salvation extend? God saves people completely and He saves them everywhere–from every tribe and tongue and nation to the...

Desperation, a sense of total helplessness and hopelessness, is essential to a minimal understanding of the love and mercy of God in...

We need to be watchful never to forget that the horror of our sin and the holiness of God put Christ on the cross for us who believe....

Thoughts of life and death are never far from our mortal minds. We have death through the man of dust but life through the man of heaven....

The story of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt is amazing and inspiring, but it’s nothing compared to what God did next. Wait till...

The prosperity gospel teaches “Believe in Jesus and you will have health and wealth.” But many of us find this isn’t true. What then?...