Jesus wanted to remove any misunderstanding about what He meant in John 15:4. He said that no branch can even live, let alone produce leaves and fruit, by itself. Cut off from the trunk, a branch is dead. Just as a vine’s branches rely on being connected to the trunk from which they receive Read More →
If we want to be the kind of high-impact salt and light Christians that Jesus said that we are to be, we’re going to have to first take some preliminary steps of self-examination and then be willing to make any needed character adjustments. We must start by making certain that the way we’re Read More →
God first compared the Israelites to sheep and later applied that label to all who are called by His name – the church. God’s people are compared to sheep for several reasons. First of all, sheep are one of the few animals that do not have a defense system. Sheep are helpless without a shepherd Read More →
People cannot simply build a building and call it the church, as so many try to do. Rather a person is called by God and answers that call, like a person answers a call on the phone. A true Christian is a person God has selected and “called out.” Colossians 1:18 states very clearly that “He Read More →
When Christ entered our world, He took on a physical body “prepared” for Him (Hebrews 10:5; Philippians 2:7). Through His physical body, Jesus demonstrated the love of God clearly, tangibly, and boldly—especially through His sacrificial death on the cross (Romans 5:8). After His bodily Read More →