In 1517, Martin Luther gave new life to the Biblical idea of Salvation by faith alone by discovering that Romans 1:16 -17 means we are saved by faith. That led to Martin studying and teaching on Romans a lot and modern evangelicals developing the Roman Road for simply sharing the gospel. However, it is not only in Romans that the main thing is clarified. See here the Gospel in Galatians. 15 “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16 know that …
What do you think if someone tells you they are Christian, but “I don’t go to church very often.” This happened to me May 11, 2005 which proved to be life changing and it happened again just now. This makes me think. When that guy said that, I was leading a Christian non-profit in China. He was interviewing to get a job for our non-profit. I asked him why he did not go to church, and he said, “People at …
Fear of death for faithful Christians is quite understandable and thoughts here about parachuting can help us see just how understandable. “Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark.” —- Francis Bacon (1561-1626 Christian Scientist) Death is guaranteed unless Jesus comes back before we die. I guess that Jesus will come back in about 10,000 years, so back to the death question. Death is a part of life, so we do best to get used to it. …
Jesus is our Lord and Savior. Paul the Apostle is an example to follow. Let’s take on these words from Paul the Apostle. 19 Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. In some circles, people ask the pastor to pray for the as he is nore holy. Or have the pastor …
