Balancing Good Works and the Gospel

Saint Francis of Assisi once said, “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”  The gospel is basically Jesus dying on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins and resurrecting on the third day.  This quote is an often used by pastors when speaking about doing good deeds and evangelism. [...]

New sermon: Sharing with a “Good” Person

I preached this last weekend at Pauma Valley Community Church in California.  This teaching clearly shows why good works can never merit heaven.  In this sermon I equip followers of Jesus Christ to be able to share with people who are trusting in good works to get them to heaven.  I tell a true story [...]

Was the Resurrection a Historical Event? Part 8

Fact #3: The conversion of the church persecutor Paul We know from multiple sources that Paul, known as Saul, was an enemy of the church and was committed to persecuting Christians.  In Acts 7 & 8 Saul approves of the stoning of Stephen, a Christian martyr.  After the burial of Stephen we see Saul continuing [...]

Jesus is God

Email question: How can Jesus be God and the Son of God? Historically, Jesus being called the “Son of God,” a Jew would have equated this title to calling Jesus God. Jews were monotheistic (belief in only one God) and would never have believed God the Father had an offspring called the Son. Jehovah Witnesses [...]

Who Goes to Hell?

A woman asked me the question, why do Christians say, if you don’t believe the way I do you’re going to hell? The truth is it was Jesus who said it, so take the problem to him. Jesus said in Matthew 25:46 (talking about believers (sheep) and unbelievers (goats)) “These will go away into eternal [...]

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