I could ask, “Do you love Jesus”? But, I think that it has a different ring to it to ask, “Do you agape Jesus?” As humans (and especially Americans) we have equated “love” with an emotion that we feel. Of course, we need to have an emotional affection for Jesus, but that is not the question here, nor is it the word…

To be blessed by God is not a matter of guesswork or some mysterious puzzle to be solved. The New Testament makes it very plain, in passages like James 1:25, how a Christian can be blessed. The Lord promises, “This one will be blessed in what he does.” Now, which “one”? The “one” who will be blessed “looks into the perfect law…

There are few thoughts more comforting than the realization that our God is the “God of all comfort” (2 Cor. 1:3). We may think of Him as an all-wise, all-powerful God (and He is!). But, how often does it cross your mind that we have the blessed privilege to be “comforted by God” with a comfort that “abounds through Christ” (1:4-5)? The…

Sometimes a Christian may be inclined to look at those in the world and think, “It’s not fair. They get to do whatever they want. They seem to be having more fun in life than me. They have so much more freedom to experience everything that’s out there.” If your eye and your heart is focused on the world and its ways,…

How many times every day does your computer ask you, “Are you sure you want to do that?” You try to place an order online, “Are you sure you want to order that?” You try to close a file without saving it, “Are you sure you don’t want to save that?” You try to move files from one location to another, “Are…

God has always been concerned about those who are less fortunate and cannot take care of themselves. When “God with us” came to this earth, it was prophesied that “the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb sing” (Isa.…

As Christians, we are charged to be “zealous for” and “maintain good works” (Tit. 2:14, 3:8). We are to ensure that the words that proceed from our mouths are “good for edification” (Eph. 4:29). We are to ensure that the actions that proceed from our hands “do good to all” and even “do good to those who hate” us (Gal. 6:10; Luke…

Some more questions to ask about your church “Am I going to the right church?” That is a critically important question. But, how does one determine if he is going to the right church? Here is a question to ask, “Does the church I attend resemble the church that Jesus established in the New Testament?” Does my church worship on the first…