Why is God called "Jealous"?

One of the ways in Scripture that God defines Himself, the way He describes Himself, is that He is a jealous God. Now for us as sinful human beings, we tend to think of jealousy in sinful terms, that I was jealous of this person because they had something that I can't have, or this person was jeal...

May 26, 2025

Did Jesus Laugh in His Humanity?

Sometimes children like to ask me if Jesus laughed when he was on this earth. Well, the easy answer is yes, because he's a human being, and laughter is part of our human experience. And he grew up with brothers and sisters. Mark chapter 6 tells us this, so he must have had something to laugh at. B...

May 21, 2025

Why Did Jesus Have to Be Crucified?

Sometimes people ask the question, why did Jesus die the death of crucifixion? Why wasn't he born 2,000 years later and died in an electric chair or some other means? Well, the easiest way to answer that, first of all, is to look to the sovereignty of God. That was the moment in time that God sove...

May 19, 2025

Can I Be Removed from the Book of Life?

Sometimes I get a question that asks, maybe with some fear, can I ever be removed from the book of life? And this is a reasonable question because Revelation chapter 3 verse 5 makes a promise to true believers that they will never be, and it's an old phrase, blotted out or erased from the book of...