Can You Choose What You Believe?
I feel like I am on shaky ground with this post, but I felt a burden to address this issue of belief, and how much of it is up to us. In all honesty, I think the answer to the question is yes and no. How can it […]
God Can Do That For You Too…
Have you ever said to God, “If You will just do this thing for me, I will not ask You for another thing…”? I’m sure many of us have. Maybe not in that exact wording, but a similar spirit. “Lord, You don’t have to do anything else for […]
The Prodigal Son Who Didn’t Return…
This episode is part of my podcast series DEAR ATHEIST… If you prefer, LISTEN NOW. ***** The story of ‘The Prodigal Son‘ is a definite favourite among Christians. We love it! I love it too because it’s the most explicit description of God’s extraordinary grace. And the lesson is enough to […]
Five Things I Love About Joel Osteen
I’ve been listening to Joel Osteen’s podcast for about three months now, listening to 3 or more episodes almost every day. I have been encouraged, motivated, inspired, challenged, and altogether blessed. I’ve also shared a couple of the ones that really resonated with me on my WhatsApp status… […]
Jason Needs Jesus
This episode is part of my podcast series DEAR ATHEIST… If you prefer, LISTEN NOW. ***** You see that little boy in the picture, jumping happily without a care… He needs Jesus! For many believers, this is a given, but the realisation that my son needs Jesus to be good, and […]
The Physician
This episode is part of my podcast series DEAR ATHEIST… If you prefer, LISTEN NOW. ***** There was a rich man who lived long ago in Manchester, England. He owned his own land and slaves and had many concubines in addition to his beautiful wife and three gorgeous daughters. They lived […]
Is God Easily Offended?
This episode is part of my podcast series DEAR ATHEIST… If you prefer, LISTEN NOW. ***** God hates sin! We know this. We know also that whatever is not done of faith is sin (Rom 14:23). That is a lot of things we do and take for granted. As humans, we […]
Hell-Conscious
This episode is part of my podcast series DEAR ATHEIST… If you prefer, LISTEN NOW. ***** People often say Christians shouldn’t threaten unbelievers out of the road to hell…that it is wrong or unethical to preach hell to get them to accept Jesus as their only salvation. It isn’t just the unbelieving […]
Musing on Sin, Death and Mercy
This episode is part of my podcast series DEAR ATHEIST… If you prefer, LISTEN NOW. ***** “And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Be hold we die, we perish, we all perish. Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed […]
Shame – The Devil’s Sticky Tape (Part 2)
Five years ago, I wrote Shame – The Devil’s Sticky Tape and talked about how the enemies of the gospel like to use shame to silence us from speaking the truth. With this post, I encouraged believers, who are imperfect and have made mistakes, not to consider that […]
The More I Think About Hell…
Lately, the more I think about hell, the more I question the idea of God. It’s a strange thing for a Christian to say, especially one who once held strongly and taught much about hell previously. But the truth is, I haven’t felt much like a Christian, in […]
You Are Too Much
Today, Lord, I just want to declare That You are indeed enough for me. In fact, Lord, You are too much! In You, I have all that I’ll ever need, Much more than I should ever want… Lord, I have tasted and I have seen That You are […]
The Marriage ABCs – G for Grow in Grace
“For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy” (1 Corinthians 7:14). When I originally did my study on the seventh chapter of […]
Editor’s Pick: You Will Do Good Works
Lest any think the message of grace Is a license to live at one’s will, Or an occasion to act selfishly, Hear ye! You were bought at a price. Though you were once a slave to sin, You are now the captive of Christ! As a new creature, […]
Editor’s Pick: New Creature, New Covenant
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). This article complements the long article on 1 Corinthians 7, titled ‘A Hard Teaching’. There were some things said that need to […]
Grace and Truth 