“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14) Well it’s January 2 and your test has arrived. That’s right, I said test. Don’t you remember? It was just the other night, New Year’s Eve, when you told your spouse, a child, or perhaps a friend about your New Year’s resolution. The question now is are you going to abandon it like you abandoned the ones you made last year, and the year before? I know how you […]

“This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him’”.” (Matthew 3:11) The immortal words of John the Baptist, “Repent… for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” had a great deal to do with my own salvation. I heard those words just a few days before I was saved, proclaimed from the back of pickup truck by a couple of teenagers running down an old country road […]

“You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.” (Luke 1:31) The gospel rests on three giant pillars: Jesus’ virgin birth, atoning death, and bodily resurrection. The Easter season celebrates Jesus’ death and resurrection. Christmas focuses solely on the virgin birth. You can’t call yourself a Christian if you don’t believe in the virgin birth. I remember my doubt about it as an unbeliever. I thought it defied one of the most basic laws of nature. So […]

“And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.” (Matthew 11:42) As children, most of us had a Sunday School teacher that we will never forget. My favorite Sunday School teacher loved sports and was a good athlete, qualities that would connect with almost any little boy. But it was the warm and gentle side of him that I never forgot. Mr. Conway loved […]