… the powerful changes that happen in the life of a disciple never come from the disciple working hard at doing anything. They come from arriving at a place where Jesus is everything, and we...

I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols. Keep yourselves from idols. Do not...

The real crisis of worship today is not that the preaching is paltry or that it’s too drafty in church. It is that people have no sense of the presence of God, and if they...

When you feel great delight in someone, meeting their needs and getting their gratitude and affection in return is extremely rewarding to your ego. At those times you may be acting more out of the...

Jesus, this is me—Thee and me,” as though there were no others. Have that kind of personalized belief in a personal Lord and Savior.

The evangelist is the world’s hopeless romantic, and just like a hopeless romantic, he must hope for the miracle of God more than the romance itself.

The mission that Jesus invites us to participate in is primarily a relational one in nature. Our ability to sustain our relationship in a meaningful way will have a direct impact on our missional fruitfulness.

The Holy Spirit never draws attention to Himself. He always points to and reveals Jesus.

Worship, then, needs to be characterized by hospitality; it needs to be inviting. But at the same time, it should be inviting seekers into the church and its unique story and language. Worship should be...

The “word” did not “offer itself” in a take-it-or-leave-it fashion, any more than Caesar’s heralds would have said, “If you’d like a new kind of imperial experience, you might like to try giving allegiance to...

When life is tough or even unbearable and we want to give up, God will send us a partner to help us make the journey – 1 Kings 19 & Luke 1:39 – 56

To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.

There is no doubt that the biblical concept of the Kingdom calls for a ministry to the suffering, the imprisoned, the oppressed, the hungry and whomever is dehumanized by an unjust society. In abstract, almost...

Whether we “spiritualize” our life or “secularize” our religion, whether we invite men to a spiritual banquet or simply join them at the secular one, the real life of the world, for which we are...

Tell me everything about this woman you once knew. Tell me everything she ever told you about Jesus of Nazareth.” Marcus saw the fever in his eyes. “Why?” he said, frowning. “Why does it matter?””Just...

It is one thing to understand the gospel but is quite another to experience the gospel in such a way that it fundamentally changes us and becomes the source of our identity and security.

Never compromise the glorious Gospel. It is the Gospel “from” Christ and not merely a Gospel “about” Christ. Gal 1:6-12

Reading stories forces us to exercise our empathy and imagination muscles, and that helps us conceive what the Bible depicts or demands, helps us connect with others, helps us illustrate what the text teaches, and...

If we think the main mission of the church is to improve life in Adam and add a little moral strength to this fading evil age, we have not yet understood the radical condition for...

The good news is that Christ frees us from the need to obnoxiously focus on our goodness, our commitment, and our correctness. Religious has made us obsessive almost beyond endurance. Jesus invited us to a...

The ‘peace’ the gospel brings is never the absence of conflict, but an ineffable divine reassurance within the heart of conflict; a peace that surpasses understanding.

My work with teenagers has convinced me that one of the main reasons teenagers are not excited by the gospel is that they do not think they need it. Many parents have successfully raised self-righteous...

Let me paraphrase what Paul is saying here: Jesus married the Church – Christians, you and me, us. The Church is His literal bride. He laid His life down for the Church. And Paul writes...

I’m not good enough; Oh, I’m not good enough,” you are denying God – you are denying the gospel – you are denying the very essence of the faith and you will never be happy....

We have created Black, White, Asian, and other racial Churches; but we fail to understand that there is only one Church and one Gospel.It is the Church and Gospel of Jesus Christ. John 1:12

I am relentlessly determine to be occupied with Jesus Christ and His Glorious Gospel and nothing else.

In a world where everyone wants to claim permanent victimhood to a plethora of disorders and maladies, Jesus Christ and the scriptures stand out in stark contrast, in a firm duet of perfect justice and...

I am exalted over all the nations, my glory above the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before me; strength and glory are in my sanctuary. I wrap myself in light as with a garment; I...

It is fashionable in some academic circles to exercise scholarly criticism of the Bible. In so doing, scholars place themselves above the Bible and seek to correct it. If indeed the Bible is the Word...

What keeps the marriage going is your commitment to your spouse’s holiness.

All of Christ’s commands are invitations and all of His invitations are commands.

These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.

…people who’ve been hit with the gospel respond naturally with radically changed lives and hearts. The church and the ministries of the church are gospel centered when they flow from hearts that are afire with...

Jesus conformed to our image so we could be transformed into His likeness.

We all have that divine moment, when our lives are transformed by the knowledge of the truth.

You can believe in whatsoever you like, but the truth remains the truth, no matter how sweet the lie may taste.

It is a tragic and agonizing irony that instructions once delivered for the purpose of avoiding needless offense are now invoked in ways that needlessly offend, that words once meant to help draw people to...

The time to be judgmental was past on the cross of Jesus Christ ,try to have God’s heart of mercy and grace which will leads to salvation.

Preach the gospel to yourself, because as you consider who you are in light of God’s perfect goodness, holiness and peace, you must soften toward others.

For Foucauld and the Little Brothers, life in the desert was not a flight from the world but rather a school of love and prayer to learn to enter more deeply into humanity. Their goal...

Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting.

Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in… You can gain all the spiritual gifts in the world. You can take...

The sin and guilt of the human race was imputed to the spotless lamb of God, Jesus Christ when He became the sin offering for the world.

The main thing between you and God is not so much your sins; it’s your damnable good works.

Regardless of the official theology held on paper, moralistic preaching (the bane of conservatives and liberals alike) assumes that we are not really helpless sinners who need to be rescued but decent folks who need...

Not being changed by prayer is sort of life standing in the middle of a spring rain without getting wet. It’s hard to stand in the center of God’s acceptance and love without getting it...

Contestó Jesús: ‘En verdad les digo que antes que Abrahán existiera, Yo soy’. – Evangelio según San Juan, 8:58.

The covenants are thus fulfilled through the teamwork of the whole Trinity; otherwise the Gospel is dead and ineffective – as the Apostle Paul explains in First Corinthians 15:12-17:

You can not love someone you do not appreciate and you can not appreciate what you do not see.

Zaka husaidia kueneza injili duniani kote. Ukitoa zaka umesaidia kueneza injili duniani kote. Toa zaka na mapato yako yatabarikiwa. Usitoe zaka na mapato yako yatalaaniwa.