No matter from what angle you look at Christianity, it is a miracle. The most amazing miracle is the New Creation. We have never been able to get at the heart of it. We have stood outside as spectators and [...]

The apostle's secret of "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27) is one which the world cannot grasp. Think of it and try to realize it. God is not only a God who mercifully pardons our guilt and [...]

"I give thanks to God always for you because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus" (I Corinthians 1:4). "The grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus" is the grace [...]

"As God's partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God's kindness and then ignore it" (II Corinthians 6:1 NLT 2nd Ed.). I recently purchased a copy of the second edition of the New Living Translation for [...]

"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3). In this Colossian epistle, we may well linger over the two little prepositions, "with" and "in", as they express our union with Christ. The former [...]

John 14:6 has not only been a challenge, but has been a thrilling joy. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." What a confession that was! ... [...]

"We have become partakers of Christ" (Hebrews 3:14). One cannot make a study of the New Testament without experiencing something of the nature of a shock, in view of the glaring difference between the Christian life as we customarily live [...]

"An angel of the Lord stood by him... saying, Arise quickly!.. So he went out and followed him" (Acts 12:7,9). There are some who would gladly follow the Lord completely and who understand what it means to be entirely given [...]

"If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation" (II Corinthians 5:17). The gospel proclaims a new creation: a new tree -- union with a new root -- being grafted on to a new stock. This is not to [...]

The fact is, that as to ourselves, we but little realize the truth of God's presence with us and in us, and thus failing to walk with God, we are taken by surprise by many of the events which happen [...]