The fact of the Resurrection is not our topic today. Let’s talk about its impact on us. So I ask “What about the Resurrection?” 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, How much hope did Peter have on Easter Saturday? It seems not much. His living hope came through the resurrection of Christ. Jesus said a …
Men What is Marriage? God had a plan, but it is hard to see in the selfishness of our lives. Women tend to civilize us if we look at it one way. Let’s look at what God says about this. The Bible begins in Genesis 2:24 saying: That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Jesus says divorce is wrong: 4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the …
Main thing is certainly about the Cross and its centrality to all our hope. However, it is also about clarifying what to fight about. Some things God said clearly, and we can talk about them with authority here. Some things God did not say clearly. We should not presume that he could not and then help him. If God was unclear, he meant to be unclear. So, we can speak with clarity on the Cross and how we are saved, …
Investing in a world that is perishable takes the life out of everyone unless they convince themselves that the perishable is imperishable. Without God’s great commission, we tend to live our lives trying to be happy. It feels empty. Let’s add meaning to life. My college life was filled with outreach work to fill the world with more mature Christians. We rarely succeeded in bringing people to faith, but it was exciting times making disciples. During early married life, my …
Jesus is only listed once in the Gospels praying for us. Jesus prays in John 17. First, he prays for himself. Then, he prays for the disciples. Finally, he prays for those who believe through the disciples. That would be us. So what did Jesus pray for us the night before he died? 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just …
