2 Corinthians 5:10 – Household Words:

I Dreamed That God Was Coming to Judge My Enemies. And I Was Happy! Amos 2:5.

One Sunday morning Jesus appeared in all the churches. He showed up simultaneously on a million big screens. Some churches were in the middle of a song when his face popped up and the music went quiet, like someone had unplugged all the cords at the sound booth. Bands and singers across America stopped singing,Continue reading “I Dreamed That God Was Coming to Judge My Enemies. And I Was Happy! Amos 2:5.”

Justice: a Day of Reckoning. Revelation 20:11-15

Do you like justice? Test days? Report cards? A day of reckoning? Do you ever hear the crazy people on TV or social media and wish they could get a glimpse of the truth—that Jesus is Lord? Sometimes I just want to tell them that “every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess thatContinue reading “Justice: a Day of Reckoning. Revelation 20:11-15”

REVIEW SHEETS. John 12:48; 2 Corinthians 5:10.

How do you respond when professors give you review sheets? Do you study with them, or do you ignore them and study what you want? If you have not figured it out yet, let me tell you: FOCUS ON THE REVIEW SHEET. Don’t be distracted by your usual habit of outlining your notes. That’s anContinue reading “REVIEW SHEETS. John 12:48; 2 Corinthians 5:10.”

DOES TODAY’S CHRISTIAN FEAR THE LORD? Mark 4:38-41; 2 Corinthians 5:10.

One of the most dramatic scandals of my life was the implosion of the ministry of Jim Bakker. Throughout the 1980s, Bakker preached on a high-profile television show. He and his wife generated millions of dollars in donations. As is all-too-common, they promised donors that God would make the donors rich, but the ones gettingContinue reading “DOES TODAY’S CHRISTIAN FEAR THE LORD? Mark 4:38-41; 2 Corinthians 5:10.”