Alive, Living, Still to Be Contended With
“He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” (Acts 1:3) “Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.” (Acts 25:19) Throughout the Christian world, this past Easter in many church services these words were heard: “Christ is risen. Christ is risen indeed.” It is not ea
Lord of the Dead: Unexpected Comfort for the Dying
“For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.” (Romans 14:7-9) Recently while I was re-memorizing and meditating upon these words, a phrase jumped out at me. Surely you have had this experience when reading the Bible. S
God is Good
Psalm 119:68 “You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.” Jesus said, “No one is good but God.” (Mark 10:17) There are many things we might learn about God. But it seems to me that this is one of the most basic and helpful things to know and experience of God: God is good. But what does this mean? I would like to start with God himself. God is good in and of Himself.
We often think of good or goodness as an attribute of someone who is benevolent. Someone may be
Easter
1 Corinthians 15:17 “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.” Easter will be widely celebrated in the Western Christian world this April. Some of us in the Christian family of churches do not follow the Christian calendar of holy days. Nevertheless, Easter presents an opportunity for us all to remember a central and indispensable element of Christianity, namely the bodily resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead. Apar