Bringing Scripture to Life

If today was the last day in world history, and we placed every religious leader from every religion who ever stepped foot on this planet side-by-side next to each other, and each of them represented a door into eternity. In fact if we placed people like Buddha, Mohammed, and Jesus before us on the last day of world history, with each of them representing a door into eternity, which door would you choose? Forget about religious agendas for a moment, and think clearly. Wouldn't you want to put your trust in the One who overcame death, and has been resurrected? Wouldn't you want to go through the door that overcame death? I don't blame you. Do you realize that Jesus Christ is the only one that has risen from the dead? Jesus is the only one who provided a way for us to go to heaven. That is why Jesus said, "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved" (John 10:8). I hope this Resurrection Weekend, you will take seriously the Door that is before you, a...

Richard Bandler is an author on “Modern Psychological Techniques”, which is an area of study intended to understand and change human behavior patterns. He tells one story about visiting a mental institution and dealing with a man who insisted he was Jesus Christ - not metaphorically, not in spirit, but in the flesh. One day Bandler walked in to meet this man. "Are you Jesus?" he said. "Yes, my son," the man replied. Bandler said, "I’ll be back in a minute." This left the man a little bit confused. Within three or four minutes, Bandler came back, holding a measuring tape. Asking the man to hold out his arms, Bandler measured the length of his arms and his height from head to toe. After that, Bandler left. The man claiming to be Christ became a little concerned. A little while later, Bandler came back with a hammer, some large spiked nails, and a long set of boards. He began to pound them into the form of a cross. The man asked, "What are you doi...