Three in One

John 1:1-2 (NET) - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning. The Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit is a difficult concept for some to understand. For those who are not Christian, we appear to be worshiping three separate gods instead of one. To put this in mathematical terms, they see it as 1 + 1 + 1 = 3. But such is not the case. C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity used the concept of dimensions to give us some insight. In a world of one dimension, one could conceive of nothing more complex than a line. In...

Our Daily Manna

I recently watched a DVD in which the speaker discussed miracles. One of the miracles the speaker focused on was the quail that the Lord sent His people in the book of Numbers. The speaker made this sound like a wonderful thing for them. He did this to imply that God will do marvelous things for us if we but ask Him. Unfortunately, the speaker neglected to tell the entire story. While everything God does is miraculous, sometimes His purpose is correction. The account of the quail really began much earlier when the people complained about the Lord's provision. In...

Faith, Hope and Love

Faith is a wonderful thing to have. Hope is another. Yet there is something even greater. 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NET) - And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. Scripture reminds us that love is greater than either faith or hope. I think that is something of which we need to remind ourselves from time to time. This is especially true as we reach out to those who have not yet put their faith in Jesus as we have. Before we attempt to do anything at all for them spiritually, we first need to love them. Maybe they have put their faith elsewhere. Perhaps...