The Conversion of Saint Paul, is considered one of the significant events of the early Church. Paul, previously persecuted Christians and hated even the name of Jesus. However, his life took a dramatic turn when ...
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane 36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, ...
What does gentle and lowly mean for Jesus? The word gentle in the Greek, “praus” can also be translated as meek. We live in a world where to be gentle or meek is in many ...
Today in Bethlehem hear I Sweet angel voices singing; All glory be to God on high, Who peace on earth is bringing. The Virgin Mary holdeth more Than highest heaven most holy; Light shines ...
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and ...
It is hard to think of a single person who has affected human history more profoundly than Jesus of Nazareth. This alone would make his story significant. Yet this is not the primary reason he ...
1 Ride on, ride on in majesty! Hear all the tribes hosanna cry; O Savior meek, your road pursue, with palms and scattered garments strewn. 2 Ride on, ride on in majesty! In lowly pomp ...
Jesus’ birth, life, and death were foretold, predicted, and recorded hundreds of years before the historic night in Bethlehem. Here are ten prophecies from the Old Testament, fulfilled in the coming of Jesus: 1. Jesus ...
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to ...
If Easter be not true, Then all the lilies low must lie; The Flanders poppies fade and die; The spring must lose her fairest bloom For Christ were still within the tomb If Easter be ...
The entire person of Jesus is but as one gem, and His life is all along but one impression of the seal. He is altogether complete; not only in His several parts, but as ...
John Marsh examines what human society tells us about human nature. Are human beings essentially good or bad? There is no original evil in the human heart. There is not a single vice to be ...
But why does anyone care about this itinerant rabbi who lived 2000 years ago.? by John Ortburg Yale historian Jeroslav Pelikan wrote, “Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of ...
“Day and night declare to us a resurrection. The night sinks to sleep, and the day arises; the day again departs, and the night comes on. Let us behold the fruits of the earth, how ...
Review from Amazon: With this 800 page volume, N. T. Wright has now written the definitive work on the resurrection of Jesus. From this point on, scholars will be arguing with, for, or against Wright. ...
Christ Truly Lived and Died in Human Flesh. Incidents of His Human Life on Earth, and Refutation of Marcion’s Docetic Parody of the Same There are, to be sure, other things also quite as foolish ...
“Is there something more in his being crucified than if he had died some other death?” asks the Heidelberg Catechism. Answer: “Yes, for by this I am assured that he took on himself the curse ...
The Amazing Subject of Eclipses We cannot leave the subject of the moon until we touch upon the almost unthinkably amazing subject of eclipses. Most of us haven’t considered that for eclipses to occur as ...
Christianity is a rescue religion. It declares that God has taken the initiative in Jesus Christ to rescue us from our sins. This is the main theme of the Bible. You are to give ...
One of the bigger mistakes people make in reading Scripture is that they read it as a spectator. For them, Scripture is a collection of stories and events that took place thousands of years ago. ...
Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. —Matthew 11: 28 Let me beseech you to come unto Christ, and he will give you rest; you ...
The essential meaning of all things came down from the “heaven” of myth to the “earth” of history. In so doing, it partly emptied itself of its glory, as Christ emptied Himself of His glory ...
Although there is overwhelming evidence that the New Testament is an accurate and trustworthy historical document, many people are still reluctant to believe what it says unless there is also some independent, non-biblical testimony that ...
The superlative beauty of Jesus is all-attracting; it is not so much to be admired as to be loved. He is more than pleasant and fair, He is lovely. Surely the people of God can ...
Doubting that Jesus ever existed seems to be in vogue at the moment. Steve Cooper explains why the evidence for Jesus, including his miracles, is actually stronger than ever According to a recent survey two ...
by ROCK BLACKWELL The Lord Jesus did not simply appear as an adult and go immediately to the Cross. Besides the Cross and Resurrection, to be fully biblical, there is (at least) another reality, that ...
The Resurrection of Jesus as a Historical Problem N.T. Wright Prologue The Question of Jesus’ resurrection lies at the heart of the Christian faith. There is no form of early Christianity known to us ...
On the road to Emmaus Jesus appears to two disciples. This is the longest single post-resurrection narrative in the gospels. LUKE 24:13-35 13 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village ...
Make no mistake: if he rose at all It was as His body; If the cell’s dissolution did not reverse, the molecule reknit, The amino acids rekindle, The Church will fall. It was not as ...
Why do we call Good Friday “good,” when it is such a dark and bleak event commemorating a day of suffering and death for Jesus? For Christians, Good Friday is a crucial day of the year because ...
Question: “What was the significance of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples?” Answer:Jesus washing the feet of the disciples (John 13:1–17) occurred in theupper room, just prior to the Last Supper and has significance ...
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was ...
From St. Isaac of Nineveh (c. 613 – 700). “The sum of all is God, the Lord of all, who from love of his creatures has delivered his Son to death on the cross. For God ...
We read the book Unbroken and were very moved – a powerful Movie came out on a Christmas Day – I saw with my wife. You also should see the rest of the story after ...
From St. John Chrysostom Jesus then did not need baptism, nor did that washing have any other object than to prepare for all others a way to faith in Christ. For [the Baptist] did not ...
Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus asked the question: Who do men say that the Son of man is? But soon He brings the question ...
by Billy Graham When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth . . . his Son . . . —Galatians 4:4 Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. ...
From the Apostle Paul: Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold ...
FROM ISAIAH 53 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like ...
Christianity arose out of a particular human life ending in a disturbing, terrible death—then, resurrection. The meaning of Christianity is undecipherable without grasping the meaning of Christ’s life and death and living presence. “Christ is ...
Scripture: Luke 8:4-15 4 And when a great crowd came together and people from town after town came to him, Jesus said in a parable: 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed; and ...
O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown; How pale Thou art with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn! How does that visage languish, ...
From the Gospel of John, (The Fourth Book about the life of Jesus in the New Testament) Chapter 20 – Jesus had been Risen from the Dead: 24 Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the ...
The credibility of the Christian story of Jesus comes in part from its character; it was so bracingly weird. Christians made claims about Jesus that were radically different from what developed organically in their culture. ...
For Christ is of those who are humble-minded, and not of those who exalt themselves over His flock. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Sceptre of the majesty of God, did not come in the pomp ...
The odds of life existing on another planet grow ever longer. Intelligent design, anyone? – by Eric Metaxes In 1966 Time magazine ran a cover story asking: Is God Dead? Many have accepted the cultural ...
Eric Metaxas is the author of a New York Times #1 Bestseller. This is his amazing testimony on video.
