In answer to the grumblings of some religious leaders, Jesus told three parables in Luke 15 about lost and found items: a sheep, a coin, and a son. All of them emphasize the joy of God over bringing one lost person back to himself. The third parable is open-ended, forcing each of us to consider if we are going enter into God’s joyful feast or remain outside.
Although there was one lone Ethiopian who became a Christian, in Acts 10:1-48 a whole house full of non-Jews heard the gospel, believed it,...
From the very first preaching of the gospel after Jesus’ ascension, the new believers were “added” to local churches. Once God added them to...
With so much insistence in Galatians on our being right before God through faith in Christ and not by the works of the law,...