“Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.” (1 John 5:10) A friend was recently lamenting to me that many of our churches hardly ever mention Jesus in their services anymore. “A lot of church members believe all you have to do to go to heaven is die.” Sadly, he’s right. In fact, a recently released survey by the Barna Research Group provides some surprising, if not shocking, insights […]

“Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.” (Genesis 6:9) Several years ago, my wife and I took a trip to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Lancaster County is widely known as “Amish Country”, but we found something much more memorable. Right there among the Amish, nestled in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is the Millennium Theatre, a 2,100-seat state-of-the-art facility presenting Christian drama at its best. We’ve never seen anything like it. It was amazing. The Millennium Theatre produces musical presentations about […]

“And He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.” (Revelation 21:10) It’s not Magic Kingdom. It’s a real place – a home. And while John the Revelator does his very best to describe it, the truth is Heaven is beyond description. Our language simply doesn’t have the words to describe it. The songwriters often refer to it as a “city foursquare,” which comes right out of scripture. Indeed, […]

“He sighed deeply and said, ‘Why does this generation ask for a miraculous sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to it’.” (Mark 8:12) When I was in graduate school, I took a course in organization theory. In the early weeks of the semester, I realized that I did not have so much as a clue as to what that course was about. The readings made no sense and the lectures were even more confusing. I finally worked up the courage to go see […]