Truth

Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Flannery O’Connor (1925 – 1964)

Sinful Deceptions

There are two deceptions that turn churches from centers of redemption to societies for self-improvement: Belief in the essential goodness of man; and Belief in the endless tolerance of God. As a result of these deceptions we have lost our capacity to know truth and...

The Lord Of Your Life

But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve …..But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15 NIV It is one thing to speak of God’s greatness in a general sense. To intellectually...

The Cross: The Collision Of God And Sin | Good News

He Himself bore our sins in His body on the Cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. 1 Peter 2:24 NASB 1995 The heart of salvation is the Cross of Jesus Christ. It is the place where God and sinful man met with a...

The Cross: Crucifixion And Resurrection

My Lord, I marvel that, fully God, you also became fully man, and were willingly crucified on a Roman Cross for my sins. The empty tomb calls forth my adoring wonder, for thou art indeed risen. The four-fold gospel attests it, the living witnesses prove it, and my...

The Cross: Saturday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 AD

A Day Like Any Other It is the Jewish Sabbath. The city is quiet. The air above the city lacks the usual thousand little trails of smoke from cookfires. Hymns rise from the temple. Families are indoors. The soldiers are back in their barracks. The Chief Priest grows...