Being a shy person by nature, witnessing isn't something that comes natural for me. Oh, it's easy enough to write about God and send it across the world to people who you will never meet, but to take those same words and share them, either in written or verbal form,...
"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; 15nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see...
"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matt 5:16) It was a warm evening in June. I was a young dad, sitting in a lawn chair, holding my baby boy on my lap. My wife and I had just...
"...they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” (Rom 9:26) With the ever increasing speed of change in today’s world I have to admit that for the first time I am beginning to feel my age. When I was a boy being online meant helping my Mom hang up my jeans on the...
"You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all [who are] in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good...
Today, we come to the concluding part of our series titled "First day of the First month." Let's focus on the final "C"... Crown "...in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth:" (Genesis 8:13) Welcome once again to one...
Last week, in "Lessons From Jesus' Trial," Part 4, we learned from the courts of Herod that just because something is physically possible for us doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. We must always examine our motivation, and when our motivation is purely personal...
Philip was instructed by God to go to a certain place at a certain time, and when he arrived, there just "happened" to be an Ethiopian official on that same road, an Ethiopian with lots of questions about Scripture. A chance meeting? Hardly. Truly a divine...
Last week, in Building Solomon's Temple, Part 3, we discovered that we need to make room for God in our heart-temples, and we need to lay a firm foundation for our heart-temples by following Jesus and obeying His commands. Does the building of the temple proper have...
When I was a new Christian, pastors and other Christian workers were always trying to give us tips about how to witness to Christ. I went to some beach evangelism and campus evangelism outreaches, which often used a cold-turkey and aggressive style of witnessing to a...