Reasons to believe in Jesus Christ
Jesus Can Save Us If we cannot save ourselves, then one question becomes unavoidable: Who can save us? That question is not answered by vague spirituality, moral reform, or religious effort. It is answered in a Person. Christianity stands or falls on the identity of Jesus Christ. This is not a side issue. It is…
Dear friends, imagine for a moment that someone who loves you deeply hands you a beautifully wrapped, incredibly expensive gift. You thank them sincerely, carry it home, and place it high on a closet shelf. Years pass, and you never bother to unwrap it. It sounds absurd, doesn’t it? Yet, this is exactly what many…
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How Can a Guilty Person be Made Right with God? If God is holy, if sin is real, and if judgment is coming, then one question presses itself upon us with great force: How can a guilty person be made right with God? Many people answer that question instinctively and confidently: Try harder. Do better….
Dear friends, for many believers, the word evangelism carries a heavy weight. When we hear the phrase “The Great Commission,” our minds often jump to images of intrepid missionaries trekking through jungles, stadium preachers addressing thousands, or awkward encounters knocking on strangers’ doors. Because we don’t fit those descriptions, we often disqualify ourselves. We subtly…
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Judgment is Real, Personal, Unavoidable, and Righteous If God is holy, and if sin is real, then judgment is not an embarrassing doctrine to avoid. It is the necessary conclusion. A world filled with evil, cruelty, lies, oppression, abuse, pride, lust, greed, and rebellion cannot be morally meaningful unless there is a Judge who sees…
Dear friends, if you walk into the business section of any bookstore today, you will find hundreds of volumes dedicated to the art of leadership. The world’s formula for leadership is almost always the same: climb the ladder, project unshakeable confidence, consolidate your power, and position yourself at the top of the pyramid. But when…
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“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way.” — Isaiah 53:6 “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.” — 1 John 3:4 If Parts 1–3 have shown us that truth is real, that God is holy and truly there, and that human beings…
Dear friends, if you were to ask the average person on the street to define the word love, you would get a hundred different answers. Our culture tells us that love is a feeling, a romantic spark, or a wholesale endorsement of whatever someone else wants to do. But as followers of Christ, our definition…
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“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.’”— Genesis 1:26 “You have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.”— Psalm 8:5 If you are going to understand why you need salvation, you first need to understand what you were made for….
When the Apostle Paul sat down to write his letter to the Christians in Rome, he produced something unprecedented. No other New Testament letter so systematically unfolds the gospel—from the desperate need of humanity to the unshakeable security of the believer. Romans 1–8 forms a single, majestic argument that has shaped Christian theology for two…