Jesus Christ Blog Posts

My last post spoke about the tendency within Christian circles to put teachers, preachers, evangelists, writers, etc on a pedestal and the danger this poses of detracting from the glory and praise that should only be for God by promoting, publishi...

Siapakah Antikristus itu? Apakah peristiwa-peristiwa yang terjadi di dunia belakangan ini mempersiapkan jalan bagi kemunculan Antikristus? Siapakah manusia Iblis super yang akan tampil di pentas dunia? Darimana ia beras...

On Sunday, Mother's Day, we had the privilege and opportunity of blessing our son, Joshua Michael Fagan, at church.  And we were fortunate enough to have my parents come into town!  We didn't think they would be able to make it.  And I...

Recently a dear friend sent me an email to let me know that a well-known Christian writer was offering a bumper gift of free books written by himself and others upon the condition that we bought his latest book.  Immediately … Continue reading...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 04.27 Numbers 4 Psalms 38 Song Of Solomon 2 Hebrews 2 “In the Christian life, suffering and glory are inextricably bound up together, because our great forerunner, our great pioneer, our Savior, Jesus Christ, came to...

He was born in 354 in a North African town set among the woods near the Mediterranean. His father was a pagan, but his mother, Monica, was of devout Christian stock. Augustine was an undisciplined child, idle and truant despite frequent beatings. He...

Alphege, an Englishman born in 954, entered a monastery in Gloucestershire as a young man and quickly fell in love with Jesus Christ. Some years later he became a church leader in Bath, and when he was 30 he was chosen by St. Dustin to become bishop...

Below is a transcript of one of Wayne Jacobsen’s podcasts on the God Journey which I have typed up word by word.  I hope I have faithfully put down exactly what he says, but if I haven’t, I apologise in … Continue reading →...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 04.18 Leviticus 22 Psalms 28-29 Ecclesiastes 5 2 Timothy 1 “You know, the most difficult thing in the world is trying to be something God didn’t make you and to fulfill a ministry God didn’t give you. But the most...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 04.17 Leviticus 21 Psalms 26-27 Ecclesiastes 4 1 Timothy 6 “You know, the most difficult thing in the world is trying to be something God didn’t make you and to fulfill a ministry God didn’t give you. But the most...

I read yesterday a post written by Dave Yeubanks at Truthforfree.com entitled “The Church for those who don’t like church” which floored me, in the sense that it unearthed so many of the feelings and realities I have been experienc...

Chapter Nine ENTERING THE NEW JERUSALEM “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are … Continue reading...

I love both my grandmothers and often keep them in my thoughts. In some ways, they played a bigger role than my mother who left when I was three and whom I barely knew growing up. Märtha and Edith both … Continue reading →...

George Mueller, born into a German tax collector’s family, was often in trouble. He learned early to steal and gamble and drink. As a teenager he learned how to stay in expensive hotels, then sneak out without paying the bill. But at length he was...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 04.10 Leviticus 14 Psalms 17 Proverbs 28 2 Thessalonians 2 “There is no hope unless God himself has punched a hole in the ceiling of the universe and our great Captain Jesus Christ, who has opened a cleft in the piti...

This chapter is in my opinion far too important and far too beautiful to split into two parts and so I have inserted it here as a whole. Peter Whyte offers us here an exceptionally beautiful vision of the wonderful … Continue reading →...

Chapter 7, Part 2 “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of every nation, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. TEACHING … Continue reading →...

THE WORD OF GOD Jesus Christ is the living and abiding Word of God. He came from heaven to bring us a message from God which is The Word of God. It is both Jesus Himself and His teaching which … Continue reading →...

by Liu Xiaobo In the labour camp, Dalian, August 1998   In a totalitarian state, the purpose of politics is power and power alone. The “nation” and its peoples are mentioned only to give an air legitimacy to the application of power.

A lot of people say they want to get out of pain, and I’m sure that’s true, but they aren’t willing to make healing a high priority. They aren’t willing to look inside to see the source of their pain … Continue reading →...