Moments For You

In Luke 5:32, Jesus declared, “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” That statement expresses the essential uniqueness of Christianity and concisely summarizes His mission. It sums up the whole glorious scheme of salvation: the Lord Jesus Christ came to save repentant sinners (Luke 19:10).... Read more →

Over the years, I have heard many stories of missionaries leaving everything behind to follow God’s call to distant lands, to share the Gospel with lost people who have never heard. I often have the tendency to view these individuals, with their extraordinary faith, as—for lack of a better term—“super”... Read more →

God calls everyone, and He calls for a reason. He wants this call to impact your life and those around you. But if we’re foggy on how He calls, or what a call is, we may stay too busy or not even hear it. Here’s the fundamental question: What did... Read more →

Human beings need two things: We need to hear from God so that we know what He is like, what His purposes are for the world, and what He requires of us. And we need a way to God, because to be cut off from God in death would be... Read more →

Abraham’s faith-walk began “when he was called” (Hebrews 11:8). His faith wasn’t founded on a subjective feeling about God’s will, a cloud formation pointing like an arrow, or a vague message from a fortune-teller staring into a crystal ball. The Bible says “the Lord had spoken to him” (Genesis 12:4... Read more →

(Please read Acts 9) We last saw Saul in Acts 8:3, where it says that he “was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.” Here he continued and expanded this work to the city of Damascus. The picture... Read more →

(Please read 1 Corinthians 1:26-31) The Corinthians had a tendency to be “puffed up” with pride (1 Corinthians 4:6,18-19; 5:2). But the Gospel of God’s grace leaves no room for personal boasting. God is not impressed with our looks, our social position, our achievements, our natural heritage, or our financial... Read more →

God’s plan of salvation spans the ages; in fact it stretches from eternity to eternity. It has been unfolded in a nutshell in a few Bible verses in Romans 8:28-30. This plan aims at a special class of people, namely “those who love God.” Who are they? They are His... Read more →

In Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus set forth a clear mission for every Christian: to become a disciple-maker. Put differently, any Christian who isn’t actively working to disciple others is failing the mission. Jesus not only provides the what—making disciples—but also the why and the how. Why We Make Disciples The first... Read more →