Christian 2 Christian

December 16, 2018 Be like Jesus. That is the greatest charge for us Christians. But it is so much easier to say than to carry out. For one, among a litany of requirements, to be even someone like Jesus, it takes owning great faith. For another, it takes being a great...

Christian 2 Christian

December 9, 2018 We’re in Matthew 14, specifically verses 30 and 31: The wind is whipping up harder and harder. The water in the Sea of Galilee is raging and billowing. A boat carrying twelve men tosses about on the waves, clearly out of human control. Fear is in the...

Christian 2 Christian

December 2, 2018 Across the bay on the island of St. John in the Virgin Islands, they still tell stories about my grandfather, Henry Roberts. The one that I’ve heard the most – at least from my father – goes this way: Ol’ Henry was walking alone on a road to town one...

The Focus is Jesus

If Christ as Lord is the center of our lives, the circumference will take care of itself. “Fixing our eyes on Jesus the Author and Perfecter of faith…” (Hebrews 12:2) One thing a carpenter learns quickly is how to drive nails. He hammers hundreds of nails a day, and...

Appealing To The Unchurched

Can today’s church in its Lord’s Day Assembly actually reach people with Jesus’ message? In order to appeal to people should we change our emphasis on Christian principles and Bible salvation? The issue is not what should we change to reach those who have little or no...