The ascension of Jesus is often thought of as one of the most pivotal moments in the Christian faith. Following his resurrection, Jesus...

He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.  Mark 16:9 How would you feel if you had been brought from...

1. The resurrection is the core of the Christian message and should never be neglected or assumed. Sometimes today, when we hear the...

Proof of the Resurrection How can anyone be confident that the resurrection really happened? The first followers of Jesus didn’t claim...

We need one key quality more than any other for exploring God’s will. This virtue is required to embrace Scripture and to win the...

Listen and Learn I recently observed a conversation a few Christians were having with a man who has yet to come to faith in Jesus. It was...

1. Ephesians 5:22–27 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the...

Speak to God God is not asking for silence. When we suffer and do not understand, he is not demanding the stiff upper lip. He does not...

1. HE IS: My Everything Isaiah 9:6–7  Isaiah predicted that a child would be born who would be our everything. The variety of names...

Stay on Track Years ago, when I was serving in high school ministry, we offered this simple plan to our students as they learned how to...

The Crux of Each Book Just as every Bible passage has a main point, so does every biblical book, and it’s very important to find it. The...

The prophet Isaiah prophesied during one of the most crucial times in the history of Judah and Israel—a time marked by political...

If God is good, why isn’t he intervening to bring peace and healing? People have wrestled with questions like this over the centuries.  ...

The Gospel of John offers us vivid pictures of Jesus’ leadership and power. As the Word, Jesus is the creator and light of the world...

The biblical picture of love can differ wildly from how the world defines it. Be set aright and encouraged by these verses and commentary...

God’s Response to Us I first heard Handel’s Messiah performed live in college. My knowledge of the oratorio went as far as this: it’s...

The New Testament Authors Reaffirm All of the Ten Commandments (except the Sabbath Commandment) The Ten Commandments are found in Exodus...

God’s Specific Promise The book of Matthew provides us with one of the most familiar accounts in the Bible of the birth and infancy of...

Given the importance of kingdom in the message of Jesus, let’s briefly review this concept. A kingdom is a society of people with a...

The prophet Habakkuk lived at a time and in a world with many similarities to our own. There were frightening international tensions, the...