God's love

If we had to earn God’s love, we could lose his love. If the Christmas gift of our Father was given on the basis of merit, none of us could receive it or hope to retain it. But because God “is” love, there is absolutely nothing we can do to make him love us any more or any less than he already does. So, as we step into the Christmas season, let’s make time every day to remember the why of Christmas. Let’s reflect on the unchanging, unconditional love of our Father for us. Let’s respond with the grateful worship of our souls. And let’s pay forward this gift by sharing it with everyone we can.

If you have difficulty understanding this great love that God has for you, turn to Isaiah 55:8-9, where we are reminded that our thought processes and God’s are not the same. His are far superior to ours, and we can trust in His knowledge, goodness, and plan for our lives. In the eternal scheme of God’s plans, it would be easy to assume that we don’t matter, but we do. God’s thoughts and ways are not like our thoughts and ways—the great and small matter equally to God.

The co-founder of a Satanist movement in South Africa has severed ties with the group after experiencing the unconditional love of Jesus Christ.

A Texas pastor sparked an online debate last week over a tweet where he argued that unbelievers should not be told that God loves them.

In a culture that measures us by our appearance, possessions, performance, and popularity, it is terrifying to be known as we truly are. In Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?, psychologist John Powell writes of “the imprisoning fears and self-doubt which cripple most of us and keep us from forward movement on the road to maturity, happiness, and true love.”

Sportscaster Ernie Johnson recently had the chance to share the inspiring story of his son's adoption with the Alabama football program.

The paradoxical truth is that we will not turn to Jesus as our “actual hope” unless we recognize that we need what he alone can provide.

Chuck Colson would say that, barring the message of salvation, the greatest gift Christianity gave the world is the idea of the image of God. Christians need to know and understand the image of God for three distinct reasons. 

As our nation’s birthday approaches, I want to urge us to give our country the best gift we can offer her people: lives that demonstrate the character of Jesus. What he did through early Christians to transform the world, he wants to do today through you and me.

After spending nearly seven hours hanging from a sign above an Oklahoma highway, a man in mental distress came down from the sign after a good Samaritan reminded him of God's love.