Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness.” —Genesis 1:26 When most Christians tell the salvation story, they start around Genesis 3, the chapter in which Adam and Eve sinned and caused the fall of humanity. That’s not a bad place to begin witnessing; after all, it is true that… Read More
Some time later, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers … and see how they are doing.” Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, but Paul did not think it wise … because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the… Read More
Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! —Romans 7:24- 25 Thanks Be to God Many people believe that once you become a Christian, the desire to sin naturally disappears or that temptation to… Read More
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old is gone, the new is here! —1 Corinthians 5:17 The start of a new month often brings hope, but for some of us, each new month feels like an extension of the old one, with the same burdensome problems as before. Those… Read More