Can You Lose Your ______?

In the church we experience the phenomenon of a person who at one time is a deeply committed Christian but later in life is not. How do we explain this? Is salvation something that can be lost?

Can We Know?

Can we know that God has accepted us - that we have assurance of salvation? If we take 1 John 5:13 seriously, it sure looks that way.

The Crazy Farmer - Jesus' Parable of the Sower

In Matthew 13, Jesus tells the story of a farmer who sows his seed indiscriminately, as if he had an unlimited supply. If we take this as illustrative of how God offers grace, what can we learn?

Resisting Temptation

In Matthew 4, we see Jesus in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. We can learn from him to resist the temptations that come our way.