We need a boldness that comes from God to live as a believer of Christ in this world. It is a challenge in a culture that seems increasingly antagonistic to the Christian values to share the gospel. We are faced everyday with temptations to just go with the flow and not make waves in our conversations. But this world needs …
The Bible is clear, Jesus is the only way of salvation. It is popular today in our pluralistic religious culture to say that there are many ways to heaven and that no religion can make a superior claim over another. The Jesus of the Bible however is very different than the Jesus imagined by popular culture and he himself makes …
The book of acts gives us a snapshot of the church at its foundation. It serves as a blueprint if we ever get lost in trying to be more like the culture rather than be what the church was called to be. There are 5 basic traits of the early church. a devotion to the Word of God, fellowship, the …
The day of Pentecost was the day the church was born. It was not the invention of any man but birthed of God himself through His Holy Spirit. Every one that day heard the Gospel message in their own language and many were cut to the heart. In response they asked what they must do to be saved. The answer …
Jesus didn’t expect us to carry on and build the church on our own. He didn’t just tell us to try to be good and help others as many have reduced the gospel to. He actually intended to multiply himself as he worked in us through the power of the Holy Spirit. It is a mystery that God would use …