Bringing Scripture to Life

This past week my wife Lyndsey took one of our cars to get a smog check. It's one of those cars that should have a bumper sticker on it that reads, "Don't laugh, at least it's paid for!" Fortunately for us, it's not only paid for, but it also passed the test! Our little green car was not the only thing that passed the test today. God also gave Lyndsey a test, and she passed it with flying colors as well. The test Lyndsey had to take while at the Smog Check shop, was that God led her to share the gospel with one of the men who worked there. While she was witnessing to this man, he expressed to her that he believed "All Religions Lead to God". Lyndsey responded to this statement by saying, "Does it really make sense to you that all religions lead to God? Think about it for a moment. If you went to Buddha's grave, you would find Buddha's bones wouldn't you?" He said, "Yes." Lyndsey then said, "If you went to Jesus...

In Luke 18:38-39, we read about Bartimaeus, who was a man that was not much different than you or me at times. He was at a desperate place in life. So desperate that he knew Jesus was the only One that would be able to help him out of his depressing situation. He knew that he was at a place in life where he had to put all of his hope and his entire future into the hands of God, by trusting Jesus. And yet, it is when a person is at this place in life (and maybe this is where you are at right now), that the enemy of our souls will always raise up doubters to try and discourage us from giving God our entire life, and our unwavering faith and hope in His ability to deliver us from whatever circumstances we may be facing. The Bible tells us, "Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging, and hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. And he cried out, saying, 'J...