“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 did […]

“And I will not give My glory to another.”(Isaiah 48:11) The Bible teaches us that there are two things God will not share: vengeance and glory. I learned a great lesson about the latter during a job interview this past summer. We all approach interviews pretty much the same way: We dress appropriately for them to make a good first impression. When the questions come, we answer them honestly, knowing all the time that it’s our chance to illustrate how our knowledge, skills and abilities are a close […]

“The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” (Matthew 13:41-43) Everyone may look saved in your church, but the Bible says it ain’t so. That’s what the Parable of […]

“Let us come before him with thanksgiving.” (Psalm 95:2) Satan has a stronghold on Thanksgiving. Have you noticed? Retail merchants don’t play it up anymore like they did when I was a kid. They skip right by Thanksgiving and go from Halloween to Christmas. In fact, many of them don’t even close on Thanksgiving Thursday, denying their own employees the opportunity to pause and reflect on the blessings of life. There’s simply too much money to be made on Christmas for them to stop and acknowledge Thanksgiving. History […]