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Month: February 2021

The Gospel Truth

The Gospel Truth

The word, “gospel” has long been part of everyday speech, as in “the gospel truth.” The idea behind this expression was, gospel = truth. It was based on the dependability of God’s word as given to us in the Bible. The reasoning is simple. God promised to send a savior to free us from death and hell by paying, on our behalf, the penalty that we deserve. God did that. He sent His own Son, Jesus, to be the sacrificial…

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A Compelling Love

A Compelling Love

Why did God sacrifice His own Son, His only Son, Jesus, by sending Him to earth to die…for sinners? God’s word supplies the answer: He was compelled to do so by love. The Bible says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). No external force can make God do anything. It was His own love for humanity that compelled Him…

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