We occasionally hear the idiom: “There’s plenty more where that come from.” It can be used in a negative way, combative sense or in a positive, generous sense. In both cases, the meaning is the same: There is a reservoir just waiting to be tapped if needed. Jesus commended a poor widow who gave all…
When Lee Strobel was researching his book on heaven, he interviewed Luis Palau, the Argentinian evangelist who preached to more than a billion people. “He knew he was dying,” said Strobel. “He has stage found lung cancer..I flew out to Portland because I wanted to interview someone who was about to go up to heaven…He…
When a cargo ship caught fire off the Azores in 2022, the crew was rescued, but the ship’s stowage sank with the ship. This was not ordinary cargo. the ship was transporting more than 2 thousand cards across the Atlantic Ocean, and these vehicles weren’t everyday sedan, compacts or SUV’s. This ship was carrying precious…
A story is told of a religious leader who was waiting to board a train to begin a journey. A simple man approached the religious leader and asked him, “Sir, are you saved.? The leader replied, “Yes, I am.” The simple man then asked, “When were you saved?” The leader replied, “I was saved in…
Easter morning always brings excitement to little children: baskets full of goodies, new clothes, and an egg hunt. But for the Christian, we’re excited for a different reason. We know that Resurrection Sunday means to our salvation and Who the “reasons or the season” is. The story of our Lords Resurrection is like no other.…
Jesus came to this world knowing what it would ultimately cost Him. His body bore the marks of evil that we deserve. Inside His sinless soul He bore the weight of sin, so that we could be forgiven. His manly frame bore the hurt and the pain of injustice, that we might be understood. He…
The Gympie Gympie, a stinging tree in Australia is one of the most dangerous plants in the world. Those who brush against its leaves suffer pain that’s described as someone “being burned by the hot acid and electrocuted at the same time. There is no cure and it takes years to recover from the unbearable…
The message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is that God loves us so much that He sent His only Son to take the penalty for our sin. His divine appointment provided the atonement for or sin. But the mystery of God’s action is that, while His love removed the consequence of our sin, it…
The topic of suffering is frequently left out of the Gospel message, so at time new believers are surprised to learn that it is part of the Christian experience. Jesus Himself said, “in the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world”(John 16:33). And Paul wrote, “We must…
