Posts tagged “Heaven”
The walking dead
For many of you, your neighborhoods have started to look a lot like mine does. With Halloween just around the corner, there are all…
How Do I Have Faith While There Is Persecution?
How do we keep believing in Jesus in the midst of unspeakable horrors being committed against Christians every day?
Holy, holy, holy
I learned a new word the other day. I fancy myself to be a word nerd with a decently large vocabulary, so this doesn’t…
I knew that would happen
How good are you at predicting the future? When asked who’s going to win a sporting event between two evenly matched opponents, usually people…
Life or death
All of us are a bundle of opinions on great movies we’ve seen, restaurants we like, favorite foods, coolest cars, and politics. These opinions…
Come, Lord Jesus
Every few days, my family uses a common prayer before eating dinner. It starts, “Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest . . .” I…
I’m afraid
You know, it’s one thing to say you’re not afraid of death when you’re feeling perfectly healthy, when you actually fully expect to live…
Only sleeping
Near the top of the most miserable of all human experiences is to suffer the death of a child. Every parent I know would…
Meeting the real you
I can’t wait to meet my wife. I’ve been dating her for nearly 20 years now, which makes me ache for the day when…
“The Door to Heaven Is Narrow”: Jesus’ Shocking Sound Bites
The door to heaven is narrow. But it is also wide open for us. How?
Money magnet
At first glance, Jesus got it backward: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). Wouldn’t it be better…
Answering Skeptics: Miracles Aren’t Possible
Nature acts uniformly. And since you’ve never seen a miracle, then miracles aren’t possible . . . right?