As I stood before God this morning…

Every morning I can, if I wish, imagine myself being ushered into God’s presence and there I stand before him. Scripture tells me what he sees, too. He sees me as both son and sinner. I’m his son (John 1:12, Gals 3:26, 1 John 3:2); I’m also a sinner (1 John 1:8). He sees us [...]

Oh, to have no worries!

Wouldn’t it be great having nothing to worry about? – your health’s good, no family issues, stacks of money, lots of friends, great neighbourhood, safe city and secure job. How nice. But where on this planet is life actually like that? There’s always something gumming up the works. Build your house on a hill, it’s [...]

How can God have a “son”?

Following up on “Who or what is Jesus now?” (Feb 19/10), John 1:14 also tells of Jesus being God’s “Son” and God being his Father. So in asking the question,”Who is Jesus now?” we discover he’s not only “the Word,” he’s also God’s Son. But how can God have a son? How can God, being [...]

Who (or what) is Jesus now?

According to John chapter 1, Jesus has always been “the Word.” He’s called the Word because it’s through him that God expresses and reveals himself. All we need to know about God, therefore, is revealed by the Word. He is the full expression and revelation of God. In our terms, the Word “shows and tells” [...]

When did God’s plan for us begin?

At what point in eternity did God get the idea of creating human beings? I ask for my own peace of mind because if I haven ‘t been the apple of God’s eye forever, what am I instead? Am I merely a “fun project” God came up with to keep himself amused (with all that [...]

The marvel of God: turning disaster into joy

In “Suffering and death: the magical doorway to salvation” (Feb 4/10), it really is “magical” what’s happened to us. Sin got a foothold on this planet, producing a rot in the human mind we could not reverse, but God not only cured the rot he transformed it into our salvation, too. Try doing that with [...]

Suffering and death: the magical doorway to salvation

So, why do we have devastating natural disasters? Because, Paul writes in Romans 8:20-21, God subjected the entire creation to “futility” and “bondage to decay.” For now life on this planet is a brute. But why would a loving God do that to us – leave us stranded in a mess of suffering and death? [...]

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