With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. He did not speak to them without a parable (Mark 4:33-34a, ESV). A man you probably haven’t heard about but who has influenced your life more than you know, G.K. Chesterton, wrote the following quote… And don’t believe
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Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ (Ephesians 4:15, ESV). There are two central concepts to Christianity — truth and love. Paul writes in Ephesians 4:15 that both are needed “to grow up in every way … into Christ.” For maturity in Christ,
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth (John 4:24, ESV). Christianity is a relationship, and those who follow Jesus should be able to hear His voice. Many attempt and fail, many hear wrongly, and others just give up. There are two guardrails to keep in mind when listening
If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:31-32, ESV). As disciples, we must tell the truth. Jesus taught that telling the truth would set us free, but often, we say what’s expedient, perhaps just a white lie, to avoid conflict or offending.
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And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered (John 10:35, NLT). When discussing Scripture, someone might say, “That’s your opinion.” And while I believe that people should have their own opinions since I have too many of them myself. . . I do believe the Bible says five things that are so incontrovertible from
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I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people (Jude 1:3, NLT). I have a challenge today for all the astute readers of Interruptions. If you are in doubt about your astuteness, then answer the following question
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But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived (2 Timothy 3:13, ESV). There is a small dining room in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. In this room, the leaders of the Provisional Government of Russia (in charge after the Czars left power) were arrested. During my visits to the Hermitage,
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You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free (John 8:32, NASB1995). Ask someone whether truth exists, and if truth exists, do we have the right “according to truth” to insist others live up to this truth? It won’t take long in this discussion for most people (even Christians) to say some version
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For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching but, having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions (2 Timothy 4:3). In the end-times many people will not listen to teachings of truth and righteousness. The word that the Apostle Paul uses in 2 Timothy 4:3 for “sound
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Would life be worth living without God? Over the years I have accumulated arguments for God. My arguments are not scientific or philosophical. However, I find most scientific reasons for disbelief to lack evidence and philosophical doubt often being illogical. I contrast options for belief and non-belief below. I ask the question, “What’s better, God