A mother’s love is like no other!

When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden one of the consequences was that all women were supposedly cursed by God to endure great pain when giving birth to Children. We see in Genesis 3:16 that God said “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give […]

How to deal with temptation

The dictionary defines temptation “as the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise“. The desire to do something wrong and to sin is in the nature of every human being. The bible says that when we are tempted by our own evil desire and give in we fall into sin. James 1:14-15 says […]

By his wounds we are healed

The central theme of Christianity is salvation and without the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross there would be no salvation for anyone. Isaiah 53:4 says, “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds, we are […]

Why did God create us?

The Genesis account talks about the creation of man. Genesis 1:27-28 says” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.  God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over […]

How does the bible define success?

What makes a person successful? A great career? being wealthy? getting a Ph.D.? being famous and popular? The world’s definition of success is measured against what a person has accomplished or achieved in their life. The dictionary defines success as “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose“. Worldly success tends to be focused mostly on […]

Pride goes before a fall

We have all heard the saying, “Pride goes before a fall”. The origin of this saying is taken directly from the bible, something that a lot of people do not know. Proverbs 16:18 says “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” This is just one of the many verses in the bible […]

Why do we need self-examination?

Socrates the great Greek philosopher is credited with the quote, “The unexamined life is not worth living”. Socrates believed that living your life blindly without actually examining it is not worth living. As Christians, we know that every life is worth living because Jesus died on the cross so that we can have life but […]