“Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God’.” (John 3:3) He appeared three times in the Bible. The first, of course, was that fateful night when under the cloak of darkness, he heard that he must be born again to go to heaven. I believe that exchange with Jesus changed his life forever. I believe it because at the end of our Savior’s life, it was Nicodemus who accompanied Joseph of Arimathea […]

“‘Good teacher,’ he asked, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ ‘Why do you call me good?’ Jesus answered.” (Mark 10:17-18) Several years ago, I stumbled across a great book while surfing the Internet by the title “Questioning Evangelism.” It is a good read and provides a practical framework for winning souls to Christ. People seem to forget the Great Commission – to proclaim the Gospel to the world – but that’s our challenge from the Lord. Why? So others can understand what words like joy, peace, […]

“We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.” (Hebrews 2:1)How do we know if we’re spiritually drifting? The Bible certainly acknowledges that it can happen, but what are the early warning signs that we are moving away from God? Maybe today’s column doesn’t apply to you. How about your spouse, your friend, your child? Were they once closer to the Lord than they now appear? Before you turn the page, see if you recognize warnings in the […]

“And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.” (Romans 1:6, NIV) When I was an eighth grader, I fell in love with a ninth grader. She was my first love, and understandably the most beautiful girl I thought I had ever seen. She also came from a wealthy family, something to which I was not accustomed since I grew up in a lower middle class working family. Back then, boys like me weren’t supposed to be with girls like her. Yet somehow, […]