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...

May 14, 2025

What If I Accidentally Blaspheme the Holy Spirit?

The question of blaspheming the Holy Spirit, wow, that's a big one. That is one that, as a pastor, I've gotten often, and sometimes it's accompanied by big wide eyes and a trembling voice. Well, actually, it is not possible for you to blaspheme the Holy Spirit in the sense that Jesus defined it. J...

May 12, 2025

Why Does it Seem Like God is Silent in my Life?

When you use the phrase "the silence of God", there's really two levels when we might think about that. There's the big, broad level. Biblically speaking, God at times is silent. The period between the Old Testament and the New Testament is frequently nicknamed the silent years, the 400 silent yea...