January 31st, 2009
One of the things I think is important to have on a website is a statement of faith. This is usually four to eight paragraphs or sentences telling the readers what you believe about God, Jesus, the Bible, salvation and more.
Whenever I visit a faith based website for the first time (usually after a google [...]
January 30th, 2009
One of the most inspiring things I find in the story of Jesus’ life is the way He surrendered all. In the last week of His life He surrendered three things.
1. Jesus Surrendered His Will in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-42)
A short time before Jesus was crucified He went to a place called Gethsemane to spend some [...]
January 28th, 2009
One of the great truths of the Bible and of the Christian faith is that one day Jesus will return to earth for His followers. The Bible says that believers should look forward to this day with great hope.
When I think about this I remember back to a friend I had a number of years [...]
January 27th, 2009
Yesterday I read Mark 12 from the New Testament. As I read I took note of the headings in the text. They included the Tenants of the Vineyard, Paying Taxes, Life in the Future World, The Most Important Commandment, About David’s Son, Jesus Condemns the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law of Moses, and [...]
January 25th, 2009
One of my core convictions as a Christian is that we should live differently to how we lived before we came to Christ.
In my case I lived the first half of my life without Christ and then accepted Him in my early 20’s. I had done some things that were not right in the eyes [...]
January 23rd, 2009
With school about to start again for the year I thought I would answer one of the questions I am often asked about homeschooling – “Are we against sending your kids to normal schools?”
The answer to that is a big no! We are not against normal schools – whether government, private or Christian. My wife [...]
January 22nd, 2009
Last week I re-read Jesus’ parable of the farmer scattering seed from Matthew 13:3-9. If you are not familiar with the story the farmer scatters seed on four types of ground – road, rocky, thorny and good soil.
In the parable we see that the see that fell on the road was eaten by the birds, [...]
