Christianity is relevant today because the human problems it answers (guilt, meaning, suffering, death, and the longing to be known and loved) haven’t changed. Jesus Christ is “the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). Here’s why the gospel still speaks to modern life. At first glance, Christianity might
The Bible teaches that suffering entered the world through sin (Romans 5:12), not because God is absent or unkind. God permits what He hates to accomplish what He loves: working all things for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28), supremely displayed at the cross itself. This question
There’s an abuse of a couple of words out there and I find it worse than the word “like” being used as a filler in conversation. It’s the phrase “for me.” For example: “For me, that’s my truth.” “Some people think that way. But for me . . .” “For
The cross is where Jesus took the penalty our sin deserved so that we could receive the righteousness we could never earn (2 Corinthians 5:21). It is the center of Christianity: justice and mercy meeting in one act of love. This post asks the question every person must answer: what
We live in a day where the very thought of truth is questioned. More people are confused than ever, desperately seeking out what truth is and what’s the meaning of life. In the craziness of our culture fighting constantly about things like tolerance, where in the world are we to
