In Defense of the Christian Faith

"I am the Light of the World..." ~ John 8:12 A commentary on this passage reads, "Christ is the Light of the world. God is light, and Christ is the image of the invisible God. One sun enlightens the whole world; so does one Christ, and there needs no more. What a dark dungeon would the world be without the sun! So would it be without Jesus, by whom light came into the world." I once saw a very interesting shirt. On the front it read, "Be the moon." On the back were these words, "Reflect the Son." If God is light and He is in us, then we possess that light! Let's shine that light brightly so that the whole world can see Jesus in us!

Hello everyone! Today, I'm going to be starting a new little snippet called "Inspi-Ration" -- your weekly ration of Inspiration! (And I wish I could take credit for this, but it was inspired by several friends.) I'm going to be posting just a simple Scripture along with my thoughts on it. This is not going to be a big study like I usually do; rather, I hope to encourage you with a daily quote or Scripture that I find to be inspiring, so that you can have something positive to think on for the week. I hope you all enjoy it! Let me know what you think! Here's today's Inspi-Ration... Do you ever feel like everywhere you turn something bad is always happening. Maybe you lost your job. Or maybe your faithful household appliance has just decided to give way. Or maybe it's something that is much more serious to you. Most of these things seem to happen when we aren't looking for them... and when we least want them to happen -- right when we don't need anyt...