So many things that happen in life are underwhelming and don’t live up to the hype. And perhaps the disappointment of the world influence our expectations of heaven. Heaven is not an internal church service, […]
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Josh is the pastor of Christian Bible Church in Cissna Park, Illinois. He has a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He lives with his wife Kari, their son, and dog.
An empty tomb in a graveyard of false prophets
An empty tomb in a graveyard of false prophets and gurus. In Saudi Arabia, 270 miles from Mecca is the Tomb of Mohammed where the founder of Islam is buried. It’s viewed as a sacred […]
The cross of Christ and the cost of sin
We have a sinfully low view of sin. We cannot overestimate the weight of sin when we see the cost of sin on the cross. None of us lives up even to our own moral […]
Jesus and the new garden. The Lord arrested
Creation is one of the themes of the Gospel of John. Consider the opening chapters of the Bible in the Book of Genesis and its many parallels in the Gospel of John. Genesis 1 begins […]
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