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Jesus lived a sinless life. Then sinners tortured and killed Him. He died a sinner’s death. He died the death of a criminal, ridiculed and mocked.

Read this poem from Robbie:

A Sinless Man – A Sinner’s Death

Adultery. Theft. Greed. Lust. Lying.

Sometimes Christians sin. And sometimes, Christians sin deliberately. When we make conscious decisions to ignore God’s direction and do our own thing, we put Him to open shame.

As life progresses and sin expands, feelings of hopelessness and doubt creep in.

“I’ll never be able to change.”
“I’ve been doing this way too long.”
“I won’t pray anymore. God won’t listen to me anyway.”
“If I died tonight, I’d wake up in hell.”
“What if all this is just a waste of my time? Is there really an invisible God in the sky?”

Ongoing sin produces guilt, doubt and complacency.

But if willful or intentional sins cannot be forgiven, then none of us have any hope.

Read our latest article:  Will God Forgive Intentional Sin?

Can you imagine a crowd of people screaming at you, pushing you, punching you . . . all the while knowing they were planning to kill you in a grotesque manner?

I broke my nose last week and had to have it reset yesterday. The anticipation of the pain made me very nervous (yes, I’m a complete and utter wimp). When I felt (and heard) the bones grinding in my face, I thought, “This is the worst pain I’ve ever felt!” But getting a nose snapped back in place is nothing compared to what Jesus endured for us.

Cindy’s poem reminds us that Jesus paid the price for our sins, by suffering a gruesome, painful death that He knew about beforehand – so we could have eternal life.

Savior on the Cross

Here’s an excerpt from this amazing story . . .

At age 12, I was saved. I’d always felt drawn to having a ministry of some kind. In the 80’s, at a different church, I started a ministry of going to the juvenile detention center to talk to the kids. During that time, I went to the pastor and told him what I went through in my head each day. When numerous prayers for me to be healed weren’t answered in that church’s timing, I was told I was possessed. That pastor told me the only way for me to be free, would be for me to kill myself. I was told to stay away from people, and people were told to stay away from me. So, I stayed away from most people for the past twenty six years. I’d always been terrified of people because of all the abuse in my life, but after that, I was terrified of church people, too. I’d been rejected by a church, and felt rejected by God, too. Those were the lowest times in my life.

Read the rest of Debbie’s amazing testimony of deliverance from MPD.

Check out her blog as well: Buffalopine’s Blog

It seems sort of unfair that God would harden Pharoah’s heart. The poor guy didn’t have a chance. If God pre-plans everything and he pre-planned Pharaoh to be evil, how is that fair? I suppose a better question would be . . .

Did God Harden Pharoah’s Heart?

Brenda sent in this lovely little poem about the reason the Christ-follower’s blessings.

We Remain

What does the Bible say about fasting? Is it important? What is its significance? Do we, as Christians, really need to fast? If so, why? Is there a Biblical model that shows us how to fast?

Here’s what we’ve found Scripture to say.

The Significance of Fasting

Have you given any thought to what it must have been like for Jesus to watch the two thieves, as He hung on the cross? The thieves paint a perfect picture of us; one chose life, and the other chose death.

Just like them, we have a choice. We can choose to follow Jesus, and accept the invitation to His eternal party, or we can reject Him and choose never-ending suffering.

The choice seems easy to me.

As Jesus Hung

This beautifully crafted poem by Tim takes the reader on a journey from creation to the present.

It paints a vivid picture of Jesus Christ, our King, and how He unveiled His perfect plan – in order for us to be His friends and to spend eternity with Him.

My Brother the King

Sometimes we ditch God and go our own way. We live in sin, deliberately, and lose sight of our relationship with God.

Will God take us back if we decide to come back to Him? What about the passages in Hebrews that make it sound like we’re doomed if we’ve done any serious backsliding?

Check out our interpretation of those passages and what we think about the original question:

Does God Want Me Back?

Mike Bullock is a fount of poetry.

He’s recently sent us another poem he entitled “Jesus.” It’s a good reminder not to let our prayer lives get mechanical.

Read Mike’s latest submission:

Jesus

P.S. Don’t forget to check out his site . . . Mike’s Odes.

Let go and let God.

We’ve all heard the phrase. But does it jive with Scripture? We don’t think so. Jesus calls us to be active participants in our faith.

Check out Tim’s latest article:

Let Go & Let God