Column: Insufficient evidence
By Bob Walters “… faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” – Hebrews 11:1 It is stated no more clearly than this anywhere else...
View ArticleColumn: The faith of a child
No, this isn’t a column about a little kid with an amazing faith story. We all love stories of a child’s innocence and wonder and truth, so hopeful, so blessedly untainted by life’s doubts,...
View ArticleColumn: Decisions, decisions
Do you ever go looking for Jesus in the Old Testament? It’s great fun. He’s all over the place. Jesus isn’t something God invented to expand scripture and have church on Sundays. Jesus is...
View ArticleColumn: The glory details
“I have made you known to them …” John 17:26, Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane to His Father, God Jesus’s life and ministry – and crucifixion and resurrection – had one goal:...
View ArticleColumn: Creative thanking
I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High. – Psalm 7:17 The life-long, well-studied, devout, Bible-savvy Christian believer...
View ArticleColumn: Necessary grace
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith … it is the gift of God.” – Ephesians 2:8 The Bible convinces me God knew what He was doing when He created...
View ArticleColumn: Necessary faith
“… if we are faithless, he will remain faithful …” – 2 Timothy 2:13 Have you ever noticed that most of what the Bible says about faith is about God’s faith, not ours? Obviously...
View ArticleColumn: Necessary hope
“We have this hope as an anchor …” – Hebrews 6:19 “Hope” the verb indirectly suggests fear and doubt about pending outcomes. “Hope” the noun is the forthright acceptance of God’s truth. As action,...
View ArticleColumn: Necessary love
“If anyone loves God, he is known by God.” – 1 Corinthians 8:3 The gift of Jesus Christ – the gift we celebrate at Christmas – is this “knowing” relationship humanity has with God....
View ArticleColumn: Necessary Savior
“No one comes to the Father except through me.” – Jesus, John 14:6 As we cruise on into the other side of life past Christmas – when the sentimental swirl of the season morphs...
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