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Walking The Good Road
Following Jesus: "Creator-Sets-Free"
The late Evangelist Billy Graham told about a meeting he had with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer who had been imprisoned by Hitler for opposing the Nazi regime. After World war II, Adenauer picked up the broken pieces of a war-torn Germany and helped rebuild it. At one point during their conversation, Adenauer asked: “Mr. Graham do you believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead?” Somewhat surprised, Graham answered,
He was popular and successful as commander of Syria’s powerful army. His leadership abilities and military prowess had made him rich and his king famous beyond the country’s borders. Things couldn’t have been better if there would not have been another truth about his life that made all his achievements, status, and riches mean next …
There are many people in the world today, who say they don’t care for “organized religion”! What they usually mean is that they are unhappy with churches and ministries or their leaders. However, if one asks what they think about Jesus, they usually show a different attitude. They may not acknowledge him as the Son …
The exuberant Vamonos! (Spanish for “let’s go”!) and upbeat music seems to betray the deep spiritual yearning of the hit songs lyrics. Los Lonely Boys sing about longing to be saved from being lost in their self-made prison, the misery they find themselves in. They ask: “How far is heaven, Lord, can you tell me”? …
If you tuned in to the news during the past weeks, you most likely heard the words Christmas and war used in the same sentence—something you might not have thought possible before. Essentially, the debate is about being “politically correct” by no longer naming Christmas as such but calling it “holiday” so as not to …
No doubt you have people in your circle of relationships who are “broken people”. Some people’s brokenness is obvious. Abuse, abandonment and rejection have left scars. For others, beautiful exteriors hide what they don’t want their family or friends to see. Whether obvious or hidden, brokenness is real! There is often so much of it …
Have you ever considered how radical it was when Jesus called people to just up, leave and follow him? The Bible doesn’t indicate that he gave a lot of explanation, laid out a clear-cut plan of action with job descriptions, salaries or benefit packages. He just told Peter and his brother Andrew and later James …
You might recognize this slogan of the very popular TV-Show CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. The careful search for clues, fingerprints, weapons, bullet fragments, DNA evidence etc. can reveal great detail of a crime scene to the scientists who try to piece the event together. Detectives working on cases often theorize what might have happened but …
During this week, Christians around the world remember the suffering that God’s son, Jesus, the Christ went through. The recently released movie portraying the last twelve hours of Jesus, has generated much controversy, praise, and maybe most of all new interest in how and why Christ suffered! It seems remarkable that in a world, where …
One day when Jesus was traveling the country with his small band of followers he asked them: “Who do people say that I am?” The disciples replied that most people thought that he was one of the prophets of old come alive. Then Jesus asked another question, one that caught his followers by surprise: “And …
It started in the morning; suddenly I had a very intense tooth ache. I took two pain killer pills and felt a little better but the pain returned in full force after the effect of the pills wore off. I tried another remedy, a topical gel that is applied to the hurting tooth. Again it …
A lawyer once asked Jesus which of all commandments was the most important one. Jesus answered: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. The second most important is similar: ‘Love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.’ All the other commandments …are …
“How incredibly arrogant of you Christians to say that the only way to God is through Jesus Christ!” This objection is raised most often against Jesus’ statement: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father (God) except through me” (John 14:6) Critics have called it: “Absurd religious chauvinism”, …
What a strange question to ask! Or could it be that struggling to find an answer to this question might be quite crucial? Usually we are so busy with work and activities that we don’t take the time to think through what is really important to us and our unexamined life just dissipates. Do you …
