20081026 In Rom 11:25, the Apostle Paul maintains that Israel’s blindness is not terminal. It will end when “the full number of the Gentiles has come in”. Paul is just saying that the people of Israel will remain blind until the last Gentile in the… Read More »God's Plan For Israel
20081019 Has God rejected Israel? Paul gives the answer “By no means!”, and proceeds to present some evidence to prove his emphatic answer. Using his own conversion as evidence, Paul writes, “I am an Israelite myself.” Here, he is saying that if God has rejected… Read More »Israel and Her Christ
20081012 With the fall of man and the entrance of sin into the world, God put into effect His plan to restore sinful mankind back to Himself. This plan involves the election of Israel. It is necessary to make a distinction between individual election and… Read More »Biblical Election
20081005 Israel was and still is the apple of God’s eye (Deut. 32:10; Zech. 2:8). In Rom. 9:4-5, Apostle Paul lists the following privileges which Israel received from God: Adoption as Sons. God adopted the Jews as a nation. This does not mean that every Jew is His child. What it means is that Israel has… Read More »The Chosen People
20080928 “100X” is going to be the epitaph of Bob Buford, the author of the book “Half-Time”. An epitaph is an inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there. Bob Buford has chosen to have this simple inscription describe his life mission and purpose. He… Read More »100x
20080316 This question is an important one and we have in Romans 5:6-21, the Apostle Paul’s compelling answer. We are told first of all that when we were still God’s enemies and powerless to help ourselves, Christ died for us. At the right time in… Read More »Is God Interested In Me?
20080309 How do we share the good news (gospel) in today’s perilous times when people are increasingly regarding God as irrelevant? To be effective, we need to understand the important demands and challenges that are taking place in people’s lives, e.g.: People are busier than… Read More »Good News In Perilous Times
20080301 Perhaps, because we want to win our lost friends to Jesus Christ without offending them, we often try to make the gospel more savoury. We do this by de-emphasising “sin” and “repentance” as well as “Christ’s Lordship” and their “discipleship” should they choose to… Read More »The Message Of The Cross
20080223 The Apostle Paul commends Philemon, a believer in Colossae, for his faith and love having received much joy and comfort from his demonstration of God’s love (v5). Philemon’s faith resulted in generosity (v6). He opened his home for the believers to assemble for Christian… Read More »Love Bears All Things
20080217 “Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.” (1 Cor. 13:7 NLT) Epaphroditus was a messenger or apostle sent by the Philippian Church with a gift of money to Paul when Paul was in prison in Rome… Read More »Love Goes The Distance
