Once Satan convinced Eve to question God, getting her to eat the fruit was a small hurdle. Anytime you find someone confused about God's word, sin is inevitable. It's the obvious next step. And sin always feels less sinful when we have company, so Eve convinced Adam to eat the…
Read More
The cross of Calvary's crucified Lamb is where the bankrupt culture of a fallen race encounters the transformative power of sacrificial servanthood. In other words, Golgotha is not the singular site of Satan’s defeat. It is more than just the place were you and I find adoption and restoration –…
Read More
With all that’s going on in our nation, there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that we must have a great spiritual awakening. We know who ultimately wins and we know that God is building a kingdom that cannot be shaken. As believers and followers of Christ, we have been commissioned and commanded…
Read More
I would never have guessed that the Winter Olympics could illustrate a spiritual truth so well, but as I watched the coverage, I realized that a couple of events demonstrate two different approaches to our faith. One is good; the other is not so good. Consider the bobsled. It has…
Read More
Many years ago John and I were members of a wonderful church in Southern California. A young man also attended there who had an amazing spirit and an even more amazing testimony. “Daniel” was from Uganda; he had lived there under the brutal reign of Idi Amin. He had been…
Read More
Many today believe in a "religious" God. They believe that God is against them when they fall short, that He is angry with them when they fail, that fellowship with Him is cut off when they make mistakes. They believe that God is perpetually unsatisfied with them, waiting impatiently to…
Read More
Roger Huang is the founder of City Impact Ministries in San Francisco. Over the last three decades, God has radically changed countless lives in the Tenderloin District, an area marred by poverty, addiction, disease, and crime, because one man decided to chase after Him. Looking out across the pounding surf,…
Read More
I need to make the offer of Christianity clear: There is a way to be good again. The hope of Christianity is that we get to live life like Jesus. That beautiful goodness can be ours. He can heal what has gone wrong deep inside each of us. The way…
Read More
On LIFE TODAY this Tuesday, Polly Wright tells her story of childhood abuse that led to dancing in strip clubs as a young adult, and the freedom she later found in Christ. In her book Cherished, she relates the moment at a Christian camp when Jesus met her in an…
Read More
My son-in-law, Jesse, is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. He's also strong and smart – which makes him good at his job. Jesse is a registered nurse and has received many commendations and expressions of appreciation for his service at the hospital where he works. If you're…
Read More
