Faith
Becoming a disciple of Jesus: Water Baptism
As believers we are called to follow Jesus as his disciples. The word ?disciple? means ?learner? or ?student?. But it does not mean we become classroom students or intellectual followers. Rather, we follow Christ?s example in everything. You learn how to follow Jesus...
A change of direction: repentance and faith
Just as the secret of a stable building lies in the foundations, so you need secure foundations in your Christian life. Jesus said that the person who put his teaching into practice was like a wise man who built his house on a rock (Matthew 7:24-25). These firm...
Jesus, the Substitute Sacrifice
In order to fully understand the cross correctly we need grasp the natures of the Father, the Son and the Spirit. Most of the secular objections to the cross are based on wrong ideas about God and Christ; and nearly all the Christian misunderstandings about salvation...
The Mystery of Godliness
The Early Church worshipped God not out of sentiment but revelation. Just how packed with truth the worship of First Century believers was can be seen from Paul's quotation from one of their worship songs. Truly Spirit-inspired, this song's lyrics were as follows: God...
On the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
The disciples were people who had been with Jesus throughout his ministry and had been sent out by Jesus in ministry.? They had preached.? They had seen God work wonderful miracles through them.? Yet Jesus told them, in Acts 1:1-11, that they had to wait for ?the...