We hear Him knock when we are lonely. Or depressed. He knocks with each heartache. But we ignore the knock, certain that we can fill the emptiness with life’s pleasures. Yet how often we achieve our goals only to find that they are not the answer to our loneliness....
Do nice people have to repent to be born again?
Do you feel that the church is full of hypocrites? And what does hash at a picnic have to do with phony Christians? Read how some tainted hash changed Uncle Ben's perspective on hypocrites.
In Pharaoh's house there were frogs in the bedrooms, on the seats, in the food. Yet when God let him decide when the curse of frogs should be removed, he said, "Tomorrow". It seems foolish that he asked for one more night with the frogs but in reality many of us are doing the same thing.
Although Simon Peter denied Jesus three times on the night before His crucifixion he later became one of the pillars of the church. His example should be an encouragement to all who have fallen in their Christian lives.
There is one thing that is absolutely certain—we all must meet God. The only question is; are you ready for that meeting?
In this Issue: Going with the Flow, Home - A Bit of Heaven on Earth, She Wanted to Live!, Repentance - A Gospel Requirement, God's Flying Creatures, What Does the Bible Say About the World
In this Issue: Be Your Own Boss, Taking the Risk, To the Praise of His Glory, Respect for Authority, What Does the Bible Say about Conversion?, and more.
Without repentance we cannot be right toward God for we all have sinned against Him. True repentance hates sin and avoids it all costs. "God, be merciful to me, a sinner," should be the prayer of each of us.
Is regret for past mistakes repentance? Not necessarily . . . Here are seven marks of true, life-changing repentance.
God is an amazing Being who wants to get your attention. Where are you on the scale of responding to Him?
From His very own mother to the religious Pharisees, and from John the disciple to the soldiers who crucified Him, many watched Christ die. Weep with those who wept; discover Jesus with those who discovered Jesus—Jesus, Who died as few men die.
The Holy Spirit pleads with lost souls to be saved today. Too many people put Him off and say, "There's plenty of time, I'll get saved later." If you are doing this do you realize the danger you are putting yourself in?