I Like Stories

I like stories, and I really like success stories. In the Bible the whole 11^th chapter of Hebrews is chocked full of success stories, but these aren’t dollar and cents success stories, they are much more important, they are stories about how people bet their lives on what they believed. These are gut level, heart-pounding stories and the first verse of the chapter sets the tone:

Minimum Knowledge to Become Christian

Some time ago a friend asked me to write an article about the minimum a person must know and believe to become a Christian. I agreed thinking, “That should not take too long.” But the more I thought about it the more difficult it has become,

Before getting to the answer to the question we need a working definition of a Christian for this article:

To be Christian means having a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

The Meaning of Easter

Jesus spoke seven times on the cross. The sixth time he said one word, “TETELSTAI”, it is translated into English as “it is finished”!

The word can also be translated "PAID IN FULL!" THREE words in English, ONE word in Greek – TETELESTAI! The GREATEST WORD from the GREATEST MAN on the GREATEST DAY in all eternity! One word, but no word ever uttered has so changed the