“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:7, NKJV)

 

The New King James renders this phrase in the Greek as “sound mind.” The other part of the phrase is where we get the idea of “salvation.” It refers to a saved mind.

 

When I think back on what Jesus Christ has done for me, I can tell you that He saved my mind. I truly was a tormented and…

Most of the focus on Christ is either the Christ of the past or the Christ of the future. Many, with a nostalgia that enhances Israel's tourist industry, go back to take the steps where He once walked. I too have enjoyed the tour and have led others on the tour. But we have the same need as those who went to the tomb early in the morning. They looked in the wrong place. Thinking he was where they last saw him, they went to the tomb. They…

Only moments earlier, a lifeless object had lain on the ground.  In a moment, everything shifted, and now, standing boldly in the light, a man stared intently upward and gasped in new air.  What had been dead tissue was now bright pink lungs, rising and falling with every vigorous breath.  Muscle, sinew and bone formed the sturdy framework of the man whose eyes, now bright with life, stared at his Father.  In his first moments of consciousness, Adam was receiving from God the Breath…