“You He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins.” Ephesians 2:1. The apostle Paul was not mistaken when he said that the Ephesian believers were at one point dead – spiritually dead. They were dead in the sense that they were separated from God, enslaved to sin (Eph. 2:5), and condemned under the […]
“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me.” Psalm 23:4. We all know something about fear. And certainly the men and women we meet in the Bible were subject to fear, ranging from a mere tremor of anxiety all the way to terrifying […]
“I am He that live, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore.” Revelation 1:18. On one occasion Michelangelo turned to his fellow artists in a spirit of great indignation and asked, Why do you keep filling gallery after gallery with endless pictures of Christ on the cross…? Why do you concentrate upon that […]
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His mercy gave us…a living hope…” I Peter 1:3 The word “hope” can sometimes be such a hopeless word because we often talk about it when we are at the end of our rope…when we’re afraid, anxious or uncertain about our […]