Growing Old Without Growing Up

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My four year-old, Daphne, recently told me, “I’d like to grow up when I’m older.” Don’t we all! Daphne hit on a spiritual truth that is not fully appreciated in Christian circles—growing old is not always the same as growing up! In other words, age doesn’t equal maturity. Growing old takes no effort. It happens
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Four Promises About Eternal Security (John 6:35-40)

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In John 6:35-40, Jesus makes four promises concerning the believer’s eternal security. Let’s go through them one by one. Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger” (v 35a). Jesus has just fed the 5,000, so food is on their minds, especially the bread He
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A Good Soldier

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Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Tim 2:3) Technically, I was a soldier for over 20 years. But I was not a real soldier. I was a chaplain. As a chaplain I was an officer and I got many benefits that a real soldier did not. If things got
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Becoming an Ultimate Victor for Christ

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By Bill Fiess with Pam Esteven The Victors Revelation 2-3 contain Jesus’ letters to seven churches in Asia Minor. These letters are filled with our Lord’s expectations for His people and are rich in rewards teaching. He repeatedly uses the Greek term ho nikōn (literally, “the one overcoming, the victor”) in these seven letters. Each
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“Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani?”

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By Bryan Threlkeld A Cry of Dereliction One of the most challenging statements in Scripture was uttered by our Lord Jesus Christ while hanging on the cross. It’s sometimes known as the Cry of Dereliction. I want to take us back to that Friday afternoon some 2000 years ago and talk about this. In Matt
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My Mayberry

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By Ken Yates USOM. My guess is that these four letters mean absolutely nothing to anybody reading this magazine. But they mean a great deal to me, even though I don’t know what the letters stand for. USOM was the name of the very small military installation I lived on when I lived in Pusan,
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Saints and Sinners

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By Bob Wilkin Yesterday I received a call from a pastor friend in Nebraska. Someone who attended his church took exception to him referring to believers as sinners. The man said, “Believers are saints, not sinners.” Evidently the man was coming from a Calvinist tradition. He thought that believers cannot stray very far or for
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Q&A

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By Staff Q: I am a Christian who has struggled with three texts: the blasphemy against the Spirit texts, Hebrews 6, and Hebrews 10. Regarding the blasphemy verses, they seem to teach that a person could utter blasphemy against the Spirit, repent, and then the Lord would choose not to save him/her. I’m not sure
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How to Witness to Postmoderns

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By Steve Dehner Jesus possessed a genius for powerfully communicating truth to everyone. He used the language, customs, and everyday realities of his listeners’ lives in his teaching. Jesus and the apostles shaped their message in a way that would be understood by a culturally, ethnically, and religiously diverse world. In our day and age,
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