After his coach told him what the Lord did for him on the cross, a player for the Seattle Seahawks trusted Jesus Christ as his Savior. Immediately afterward he asked, “Coach, teach me the fundamentals of Christianity.”
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Are you afraid to stand out? Jesus said, “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
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I once heard a story told about Albert Einstein that he got tired of checking out churches because their God wasn’t the God that he saw in creation. The God he saw in the universe through his telescope was so big and grand.
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Over a hundred years ago, there was a missionary named A.W. Milne who went to New Hebrides to share the Good News with a tribe of headhunters. All former missionaries to this tribe had been killed by them.
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Educators often talk about the history of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Enlightenment refers to a time in the 18th century when science became more popular than religion.
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I’m amazed at what a mini flashlight can do when it’s dark. I have a mini flashlight on my keychain. It doesn’t look too impressive.
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An immensely meaningful influence on my Dad’s young life was Mr. Charles Rogers, a church planter and evangelist. His wife, Mrs. Rogers, signed my Dad’s childhood autograph book.
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After my cancer diagnosis, I had to wrestle in a unique way with my own mortality, but in prayer and Scripture I found renewed hope and God’s amazing “peace that passes understanding,” as Philippians 4:7 says.
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After all these years, I sometimes still get butterflies sharing the Good News with someone I know. Here’s what we all need to remember: We never know what another person will think about the message of Good News.
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The No. 1 barrier to proclaiming the Good News is in our own minds. It’s our own Christian embarrassment about Jesus.
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A sharp journalist recently said, “Luis, you’ve always been adamant about calling the Gospel the Good News. Why is that phrasing so important to you?”
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Have you ever wondered if you were too far gone? I know I have. When I was in my twenties, I was working in Boston, far from home and family, and I had completely turned my back on Christ.
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I’ve talked before about a “God-shaped hole.” It’s a funny term, but it describes the needs that each of us have which only God’s love can fulfill.
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Technology is amazing! We often take for granted things like turning on a light, or instantly heating the stove, or even asking Siri for directions.
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A reporter once asked an interviewee, “why do you want to get married?” to which the interviewee replied, “well, I want to be happy.” As it turns out, this idea — that marriage is about making you happy is common in this day and age.
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In today’s culture, there’s a popular mantra that says, “Love is all you need.” Hollywood movies urge people to find their “soul mate.”
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It’s easy to see the shine of a new diamond ring from across the room. But over time, that shine can dull as dust collects on it.
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Many of you have heard of Corrie ten Boom, the concentration camp survivor, who then went all over the world proclaiming the love of God, the forgiveness of Jesus Christ, and how to find eternal life, after she was set free. She made this statement one day, and I heard her say it myself.
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When I came from Argentina, South America to the United States, I was accepted as a citizen after a few years here. One of the impressive things that happened to me going to church on Sunday morning, was what they used to call the pastoral prayer.
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All over the world today Christians are suffering from persecution. This week I found a verse in Hebrews 13 that says, "Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering” (Hebrews 13:3).
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