“Without the belief in the Resurrection the Christian faith could not have come into being. The disciples would have remained crushed and defeated men. Even had they continued to remember Jesus as their beloved teacher, His crucifixion would have forever silenced any hopes of His being the Messiah. The cross would have remained the sad and shameful end of His career. The origin of Christianity therefore hinges on the belief of the early disciples that God had raised Jesus from the dead.” William Lane Craig In John chapter 11 we are told our Lord knew Lazarus was very ill but […]

“The true Christian is one whose religion is in his heart and life. It is felt by himself in his heart. It is seen by others in his conduct and life. He feels his sinfulness, guilt and badness, and repents. He sees Jesus Christ to be that Divine Savior whom his soul needs, and commits himself to Him…there is one thing in a true Christian which is eminently peculiar to him. That thing is love to Christ.” J. C. Ryle Local church assemblies are like a big family, and occasionally because people frequently interact with each other, those within God’s […]

“There is no mere doctrine of “the security” of the believer, as though God’s keeping of us took place irrespective of the lives we live. Indeed, there is no such thing in the New Testament as a believer whose perseverance is so guaranteed that he can afford to ignore the warning notes which are sounded so frequently.” Sinclair Ferguson Paul speaks to the Corinthians about the hardships and difficulties that the Christian will face in living for Christ. He does this with a backdrop of the realization that no matter the opposition, the Christian life of faith is necessary and […]

“After years of society belittling the calling of motherhood, something wonderful is happening – something wonderfully counter-cultural! In the midst of the anti-life, anti-motherhood philosophies which pervade the culture, there is a new generation of young ladies emerging whose priorities are not determined by the world’s expectations of them. They have grown up in homes where fathers shepherd them, where children are not merely welcome, but where they are deeply loved.” Author Unknown Since becoming a senior citizen, I will at times think of a person whom I once knew through my past employment, and I will look up their […]