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Born Again, Part 1
When Nicodemus asked Jesus about being “born again” (John 3:4), he was possibly not the first nor was he, by any means, the last to ask that question. Jesus’ response is written in John 3:5-6:
“Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto you; except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God……
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Your Life As A Missionary
When David Livingstone began his studies, he planned to go to China as a missionary. He was sent, instead, to Africa. Little did Jim Elliott know that his mission would involve his death, and the subsequent salvation of many Auca Indians as a result. We never know how God will use us or where our daily mission field will be.
In Romans 1:1,…..
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More Than Comforter, Part 4
As a teenager, I struggled with the concept of knowing the will of God. Should I become a doctor, a lawyer, a nurse, a detective? Is it God’s will for me to go on a short-term evangelical mission to France or not? Who will I marry? When we talk about the will of God, we generally think in terms of three sources to…..
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More Than Comforter, Part 3
The Holy Spirit is called the Comforter in Scripture, but the Greek word that is used, paracletus, is also translated Helper and Teacher. Two weeks ago we looked at the Holy Spirit as coming in place of the physical Christ to be there as Comforter, Helper, and Teacher for the disciples and for believers since then. Last week we looked at the function…..
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Silence in the Presence of God
“But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him” (Hab. 2:20).
The context of the prophet Habakkuk’s declaration is the contrast between the impotent idols of man and the perfect power and glory of God. The Lord is not only “in His holy temple”, but He is also available to hear us when we call…..
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Knowing the Will of God
When I was a teenager, I was stressed about knowing the will of God for my life. When I was ten years old, I decided I wanted to become an MD. A few years later, the father of a friend discouraged me from doing that, citing the terrible responsibility a doctor has for the care of her patients. I thought perhaps a career…..
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The Cacophony from Hell
Luke 23:13-25 records Jesus’ second appearance before Pilate. The first time He stood before Pilate, the chief priests and scribes of Jerusalem brought charges of political activism against Him, knowing that Pilate would not hear the case based on their religious accusations of blasphemy against a God the Procurator did not believe in:
“Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the…..
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God’s Character Revealed in Salvation
In our modern-day Bibles, Psalm 139:1-24 appears to be one long poem written without separations except by single-sentence lines. But when you read it through from start to finish, it becomes clear that the psalm is David’s declaration of his relationship with God who is omniscient and omnipresent. It also envisages the relationship of the New Testament believer with God, listing the benefits…..
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Every Detail
Last week I was on the East coast for an interview with Dr. Angela Chester for her Daily Spark TV program. Getting there and back was a very interesting journey because God gave me divine appointments everywhere I went – from the Bangladesh marketing student next to me on the first flight out, to the HR guy going to interview a prospective employee on the second…..
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The Habit of Trust
Have you ever wondered where the little prayer “now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I die before I wake, Lord I pray my soul to take” came from. I do not know the origin of it, but I can see in Scripture the motivation of it. Psalm 4:5-8 gives us a peek into the…..