Ringing Assurance That We Are Not Alone...

"what Is The Greatest Surprise You Have Found About Life?" A University Student Asked Me Several Years Ago. "the Brevity Of It," I Replied Without Hesitation. Time Moves So Quickly, And No Matter Who We Are Or What We Have Done, The Time Will Come When Our Lives Will Be Over. As Jesus Said, "as Long As It Is Day, We Must Do The Work Of Him Who Sent Me. Night Is Coming, When No One Can Work" (john 9:4).

The Reason We Have This Inner Conviction That Death Is Not The End - And That Heaven Exists - Is Because We Were Created In The Image Of God.

Christ Demands First Place. There's No Room On The Throne Of Your Heart For Two Gods.

I Realize That My Ministry Would Someday Come To An End. I Am Only One In A Glorious Chain Of Men And Women God Has Raised Up Through The Centuries To Build Christ's Church And Take The Gospel Everywhere.

If God Eliminated Evil By Programming Us To Perform Only Good Acts, We Would Lose This Distinguishing Mark - The Ability To Make Choices. We Would No Longer Be Free Moral Agents. We Would Be Reduced To The Status Of Robots.