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THE CASE FOR PETER

B Y    D A V I D    P A M    M c Q U E L Happy Easter to you all! It is worth shouting from the rooftops that JESUS IS ALIVE! He who died and was buried rose again! He rose triumphantly having conquered death and brought with Him great victory for us. He died to set mankind free from all the aftermath and consequences of the fall of man in the garden of Eden. Two millennia ago, prophecy was fulfilled as spoken in Isaiah 7:14 A young teenager on the dusty fields of Israel had a scary experience, a visit from Gabriel. Although she feared God, it was beyond her wildest imagination that an ordinary barefoot girl would have God’s attention. Would you believe it if it happened to you? To cut the story short, Mary found herself in a place where she couldn’t even tell what’s going on. From then on, everything was bewildering. Joseph and Mary had to flee to Egypt, something that was not even a thought in their mind. Can you imagine the ...

AN EMPTY CROSS

David McQuel The cross has become an unofficial emblem of Christianity.  From the roof tops of churches, to walls of living rooms, to jewelries and grave epitaphs, the cross is boldly displayed. Why is it so important? Why have many atheists been offended by the cross? Why does a waitress wearing a chain with a cross face lawsuit? Why is the cross an offence? From the Scripture, John 3:14-15 gives us a power exposition on the cross. " 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,  even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him  should not perish but have eternal life. " In the wilderness God revealed to the Israelites a type of the cross, when He told Moses to make a bronze snake, and hang it on a cross. So that anyone bitten by the judgement snake may look to the cross and live. It has become the general logo of medical and pharmaceutical profession worldwide. From the editors of the world renown Encyclop...

The Heart Of It

Every history has her most most significant season. Every movement has her core idea. Every success has her kicking key. And every sweet biography has her most significant moment. There are many aspects of the Christian faith very important to christians. So many of these key landmarks of the faith are cherished by active practicing Christian for example Old Testament accounts of the Creation, Noah and the great deluge, The Exodus from Egypt, The giving of the Law, The Conquest of Canaan, The period of the judges and then the kings, etc. In the New Testament it starts with The never heard-of Virgin Birth of Christ, then explosive ministry of John the Baptist, Then Jesus and His non comparable ministry, His Teachings and His Miracles, then Jesus died and rose of which not a single one of those around him understood at that time what was going on. From the first day of the week when Jesus rose, 40 days later in broad daylight, before about 120 of his disciples Jesus was lift...