Defining a miracle

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat’s the best way to define the miraculous? Philosophers and theologians have offered various descriptions.  Aquinas’ defined miracles as ‘those things done by divine power apart from the order usually followed in things’. This view suggests that God can do what he wants with his creation. Aquinas has identified 3 Read more…

Spoken word: God with Us

Reading Time: 3 minutesby Isaac Wimberly The people had read of this RESCUE that was coming through the bloodline of Abraham… They had seen where Micah proclaimed about a RULER to be born in Bethlehem… Daniel prophesied about the RESTORATION of Jerusalem… Isaiah’s cry about the Son of God COMING to them… So Read more…

What is the Bible story?

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn short God Creation Fall Redemption New heaven and new earth In depth: In the final context of every specific text or Passage in scripture is nothing less than the entire Biblical narrative, from Genesis to Revelation. The beginning of the Bible story, or meta-narrative, as recorded in Genesis, lies Read more…

1C15 Illustration

Reading Time: 2 minutes“I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received Read more…

The Romans Road Illustration

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Romans Road to salvation is a way of explaining the good news of salvation using verses from the Book of Romans.  People — Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”  We have all done things that are displeasing to God. No person Read more…

Illustration: G.O.S.P.E.L

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA simple but clear proclamation is the G.O.S.P.E.L analogy God Our Sins Paying Everyone Life God. The creator of the universe who created us and all things created us to be with him. (Psalm 100:3) Our nature, which we inherited from first man (Adam), is made plain and obvious in Read more…