September 2022 | Jesus, the Door
Jesus' Resurrection-Truth or Fiction?
The key to Jesus Christ’s uniqueness is his historical resurrection. If Jesus Christ did not actually rise from the dead in historical time, then Christianity is a fraud. The Bible itself makes this claim in 1 Corinthians 15: “If Christ has not been raised, then our preach...Read More
Two thousand years ago a stark cross was reared against an Eastern sky, with a man dying on it. Did ever any failure or defeat seem more complete than that?Since then proud empires have crumbled into ruins leaving nothing but a few moldering stones in a field where rabbits breed and feed. But the ma...Read More
Thus it is written…Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in Jesus’ Cross and Resurrection
“thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day” (Luke 24:46)Jesus spoke these words to his disciples who were gathered together and were wondering as to what had happened to their Lord. The sudden demise of their Lord had caught th...Read More
Cross and Atonement - A Theological Perspective
“Atonement,” in biblical terms, means bringing God and man at-one-ment. Sin is an infinitely unscalable wall that separates man from God. But, on the cross of Christ, this wall is broken and man is brought into an acceptable relationship with God. In the Bible, terms such as “propitiation...Read More
Message of the cross - Foolishness to the World
“For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is...Read More
Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus a Historical Fact or Fiction?
INTRODUCTIONThe Christ event can be condensed or divided into three main segments: birth, death and resurrection. One can observe a progressive diagram of the theological and historical importance of these events. In other words, if Jesus is not resurrected, he is one among the many. It is vit...Read More
The Cross of Jesus and the Cross of a Christian
The cross of Jesus Christ was the divine and eternal plan of God for the redemption of mankind who had fallen from the state of innocence. God the Father had entrusted to the great mission of redemption to his own son. Therefore, it is impossible to separate the cross from Jesus or Jesus from the cr...Read More