Gentle Jesus ? ? ?
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 ...
Good News of Jesus
Apostles’ Creed
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 ...
Ride on! ride on in majesty!
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 predicted
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 ...
If Easter Be Not True by Henry H. Barstow
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 ...
Do we need a Savior? Are we sinners? – an article by John Marsh
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 ...
Six Surprising Ways Jesus Changed The World
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 ...
HE IS RISEN !
“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 ...
N T Wright – Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?
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 Died from Tertullian, Church Father – c. 155 – c. 240 AD
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 ...
He Took Our Curse upon Himself
“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 ...
A Rescue Religion ?
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 ...
Come Unto Me
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 ...
From Poetic Myth to Humble Fact – C. S. Lewis
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 ...
“Yea, He is altogether lovely.”—Song of Solomon 5:16 – Devotional from C.H. Spurgeon – Pastor from the 1800’s
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 ...
Gospel Meditations on the Incarnation: An Introduction
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 ...
Christian Origins and the Resurrection of Jesus – N.T. Wright
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 ...
Jesus on the Road – After Rising from the Dead
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 ...
“Seven Stanzas at Easter” by John Updike
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 ...
What’s So Good about Good Friday?
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 ...
Maundy Thursday – Jesus Washes Feet
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 ...
The Introduction – The Gospel of John
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 ...
He Gave What Was Most Precious to Show His Abundant Love
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 ...
On Baptism of Jesus – by the Church Father John Chrysostom
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 ...
But Who Do You Say that I Am?
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 ...
Christmas is Not a Myth
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. ...
The Gospel (Good News) of Christ
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 ...
Video – Jesus, The Suffering Servant – Predicted about 700 Years before Jesus birth
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 ...
The Unlikeliest Claim About Jesus by Daniel Jones
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. ...
Clement of Rome – On Jesus written in the first century KEEP
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 ...
Video – Eric Metaxas – He Had A Dream
Eric Metaxas is the author of a New York Times #1 Bestseller. This is his amazing testimony on video.