Salvation Summaries

On my flight home from a business trip to Austin, TX, I sat near a lady from Iran who told me fascinating stories of her family’s conversion to Christianity from Islam.  I’ll call her “Susan.” It started with one of her sons, who had spent the night at a friend’s…

Years ago, I thought John 3:16 was a good verse to determine if someone was a Christian, since “belief in Jesus” is required for salvation, and most people have likely read or at least heard of this verse. However, in my study of salvation verses, especially the parable of the…

I believe many Christians do not witness to non-believers because of anxiety (and complacency).  They don’t know which Bible verses to use, and even if they knew which ones, they’ve not committed these to memory.  Also, they’re afraid they won’t be able to answer potentially difficult questions from a non-believer.…

Hebrews 12:15-17 15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; 16 that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single…

Hebrews 6:4-6   4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,  5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age,  6 if they fall away, to…

Yesterday, I flew out of Denver to San Diego for a three hour meeting with a company, and then flew back late in the day with just enough time to get some take-out Indian food from the Tamarind restaurant in Castle Rock (my usual stop on the way home from…

Are you the type of person who sets New Year’s goals?  If so, do you actively work on them throughout the year, or “cry uncle” and surrender to them a few months into the year? I confess that I’m not “big” on setting New Year’s goals in particular, but, for…

A former college roommate of mine who has since become a strong Christian agreed to partner with me in praying through Psalm 1 (neither of us were Christians when we first roomed with each other at a secular college in central Kansas).  He has used the Psalms in his prayer…

In my line of work, I periodically travel to certain cities on the east coast and use this time to witness to taxi drivers to and from the airport, but on this particular trip my opportunity was a 90 minute train ride from Chicago to Milwaukee. I sat next to…

I am going through each book in the New Testament (again) and writing bullet point comments about how a person becomes a Christian and how a Christian should live.  The following notes are from Revelation. Summary A person becomes a Christian when they fear God, repent, and “come to Jesus” to…