Why do some people end up coming to Christ, while others remain separate from Him? We all know families in which, even though they shared a similar upbringing, one child becomes a Christian and another refuses the claims of Christ on his life. Why does this happen? This is the…

Have you ever been so confused that you didn’t know what to pray for? Have you ever been so heartbroken that you didn’t even have the strength to pray? Have you ever wondered if God could possibly love someone who had made such a mess of life? Do you feel…

Paul says the whole creation is groaning, in bondage, in need of salvation. What does this mean? It’s easy to understand that sinful human beings need a Savior. In our separation from God, we have cut ourselves off from the One Who is Life and Love. Focused primarily on what…

Change is possible. This may be the biggest single disagreement the Christian faith has with the wider world today. For the sad fact is that many of those who do not follow Christ are convinced that the ethical demands of the Scriptures are simply impossible for anyone to achieve. They…

So, why is the bodily resurrection of Christ so important? Why can’t we just believe that Jesus only rose spiritually, as so many skeptical modern scholars believe? In the first place, Jesus’ physical resurrection proves the truth of what the prophets and apostles said about Christ. The Old Testament pointed…

What do you think of when you think about God? Do you imagine Him to be a demanding master, always on you about something, never satisfied even with your best efforts? That can be the impression we get if we just look at God’s Law. For no matter how loving…

Why does Jesus matter so much? Why can’t we just consider Him a great teacher and moral exemplar and leave it at that? Well, why did the leaders of His own people end up conspiring with the Romans to kill Him? Oh, the common people turned on Him because He…

If you think the music at your church is dreary, how would you like to start worship with Psalm 14? “The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. 2 The LORD looks down from heaven…

For those who have been raised in the Church, it is all too easy to trust in the fact that we are “good people.” But in today’s passage, Paul wants us to understand that even nice, socially-acceptable folks like the Ancient Jews or like us modern churchgoers stand in radical…

What does God’s law do for us? As Paul says in verse 22, it imprisons us under sin, it shows us clearly just how sinful we are and thus how desperately we all need a Savior. And any honest reading of the Old or New Testaments has to yield this…