Now is not a time to deny that it is dark, says Sr. Christine Schenk. It is a time to lean on God's own Spirit to help us ...

Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of ...

The cry of the rooster was one of the most familiar sounds in the life cycle of a first-century person, as common as the ...

Jesus also came to save from sin. He came to make it possible ... During these events, sinners are washed away, and Noah and his family are saved. Water brings both death and life.

including the Gospel passage where Mary Magdalene speaks with Jesus after his resurrection. “He finds many reasons to be hopeful for the local church, which came across to me not as a platitude ...

At first glance, the number 153 seems boring. Yet it is mathematically exciting, is mentioned prominently in the Bible and was even a romantic network code.

God so loves us that He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the Cross at the hands of sinful men in order to save us from hell ... to be saved from hell and come to know the truth (1 ...

For when a person understands that Jesus came to rescue sinners – He died in our place – the righteousness ... The name of Jesus represents who Jesus is and what he does, which is save. The name of ...

Introduction The history of Lent dates back to centuries ago with Christians spending time preparing to celebrate the ...

Hardened sinners were saved. Just as the meeting was closing ... When we become content with “Lord, bless me” Christianity, then there’s a problem. Jesus came to show us that heaven is near. Heaven ...

Why would we want a higher doctrine of scripture than we have of Jesus?