For the past several weeks, we’ve been walking slowly through the forest of 2 Timothy, examining the trees one by one, verse by verse. But
Have you ever been let down by someone you really counted on? A close friend who disappeared when life got hard. A fellow believer who
Imagine sitting in a freezing, filthy Roman prison cell. No heat. No light. No sanitation. The only food you get is whatever someone is kind
As Stonewall Jackson lay mortally wounded, carried away from the battlefield by his own men who had shot him by mistake in the dark, he
Let’s be honest. When most people sit down to read through the Bible, Leviticus is where the momentum dies. You sail through the drama of
There’s a well-known hymn called “He Lives” that ends with the line, “You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart.”
It’s a great song. And the subjective reality of Jesus transforming your life is a real and important part of the Christian experience. But here’s the thing – you can also feel good in your heart because you just had ice cream for a snack. You can feel bad in your heart because you had a terrible night of sleep. Feelings shift. Emotions fluctuate. If the only reason you believe Jesus rose from the dead is a warm feeling in your chest, what happens when that feeling fades?
The good news is that you don’t have to rely on feelings alone. The Christian faith is not a blind leap. There is strong, objective, historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus – and it’s evidence that has held up under scrutiny for two thousand years.
Here’s a question that should make you think: If 12 of the most powerful men in the world couldn’t keep the Watergate cover-up going for
There’s a famous story about a pastor named Dr. William Evans who once stood at his pulpit, raised his Bible in the air, and started ripping pages out of it. The room was silent. Then a man in the congregation stood and cried out, “No, go on, go on. We want more.” If we don’t have all of the Bible, we have none of it. That’s what brings us to one of the most important passages in all of Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17.
Have you ever looked at someone’s face and just known something was wrong? Not because they said anything. Not because they told you their story.
