Most evangelistic presentations present the Gospel, or the good news, as the opportunity to receive eternal life.  Certainly this is true [Jn 3:16], but the Bible spends a lot more time on our life here on earth than it does on eternity.  Why is that?  Clearly our life should be renewed when we are reborn.  Read more

Throughout the New Testament, the idea of rebirth, or being born again is used to describe what happens when a person chooses to follow Jesus. Often, as believers, we skim over the idea as obvious or routine. When Jesus told Nicodemus (John 3) that he must be reborn, the concept made little sense to him. Read more

Adam and Eve exercised their human will in the Garden, eating the forbidden fruit and separating mankind from God. In another garden, Jesus was faced with a similar temptation; trust and obey the will of the father or chose to act on His own will. By submitting to God’s will, Jesus made it possible for Read more