December 27, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
the truth about Jesus’ incarnation is far more wonderful than stories about Santa

I was recently talking to an eight-year-old who worried that if I didn’t turn off my gas fireplace, Santa would not be able to come down and give us presents. […]

December 21, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
The Bible nowhere forbids pastors from being married and having children. On the contrary, Paul expected pastors to be family men

The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recently concluded a study confirming widespread sexual abuse of children in Roman Catholic institutions. Here are some blood boiling […]

December 20, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
If believing is the one condition to be born again, then loving is the great condition to live out that born-again life.

What’s does Christian spirituality look like, in a nutshell? Jesus said: “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15 NKJV ). Each of those words gives us an important […]

December 18, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Are you doing what is right in your own eyes or are your eyes fixed on the Shepherd?

Who are you following? One of the great indictments in the Old Testament is this: In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was […]

is eternal security essential to the saving message?

Do Arminians believe the saving message? Someone asked that question in light of their denial of the doctrine of eternal security. Actually, some Arminians even say that eternal security is […]

December 12, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
fearofmissingout

“I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do” (Luke 12:4). The exodus […]

December 8, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
majority

Israel was at the edge of Canaan, the promised land. Egyptian slavery was behind them. Freedom was before them. All they had to do was walk in. But they hesitated. […]

December 6, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Take your focus away from the problem, and put it on a Person—Jesus. Think who you are in Him.

I love bread. The smell. The taste. The whole process of mixing and kneading and rising and baking. Maybe it’s due to growing up in a French city, but I […]

There are two themes in John’s Gospel that may appear to be contradictory, but together teach an important lesson about the Christian life. The first theme is the divinity of […]

If you have believed in Jesus for eternal life, you have it, and nothing can change it, and you have no genuine reason to doubt it!

I’ve been reading through the works of Major Ian Thomas. He was the founder of Torchbearers International and the stunning Capernwray Bible School (look at that scenery!). Many in the […]

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