by Ben Godwin | Jun 21, 2018 | Articles
Skeptics say God doesn’t speak anymore. Even some Christians claim God only speaks through the Bible. Really? Did He get laryngitis and lose His voice? Did He change? Did He cease being God? Malachi 3:6 (NKJV) affirms, “For I am …
by Ben Godwin | May 25, 2018 | Articles
Too many people are stuck in the valley of decision. Indecisive about following Christ, they straddle the fence and leave themselves enough wiggle room to have one foot in the church and one foot in the world. This lack of …
by Ben Godwin | Apr 27, 2018 | Articles
My first hospital visit was a fiasco. I was a teenage preacher and had never been in an Intensive Care Unit. The man I visited had open heart surgery and was on a ventilator. As I prayed for him, I …
by Ben Godwin | Mar 29, 2018 | Articles
In the aftermath of the fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden, God made a profound promise. Theologians use a fancy word for it—the protoevangelium. It simply means “first Gospel.” This is the first Messianic prophecy and the …
by Ben Godwin | Mar 1, 2018 | Articles
Women play a vital role in the Bible, in the home, in the world and in the church. Jesus, we know, had twelve main male disciples (Lk. 9:1) plus at least 70 part-time disciples (Lk. 10:1). In addition to this …
by Ben Godwin | Feb 1, 2018 | Articles
David’s name means “beloved,” which he was by God and still is by millions of Bible believers. He was a fitting type of Christ since they both were born in Bethlehem, both were anointed, and both were shepherds and kings. …
by Ben Godwin | Jan 4, 2018 | Articles
In 2017, we saw a tidal wave of sex scandals and shamed scoundrels. USA TODAY reported that over 135 prominent men have been accused of sexual harassment or misconduct since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke in October. An epidemic of …
by Ben Godwin | Dec 7, 2017 | Articles
Was Jesus anointed by two different women, at different times, in different places and for different reasons? Yes! That will become clear as you read this column. The anointing of Jesus is recorded in all four Gospels. On the surface, …
by Ben Godwin | Nov 9, 2017 | Articles
We live in an age of “feel goodism” in a super-sensitive society in which people are offended by any perceived slight. Politically correct police patrol the air waves and red flag certain buzzwords and label those who use them as …
by Ben Godwin | Oct 13, 2017 | Articles
Some of the same people who flocked to Jesus’ signs later fled from His sayings. “A huge crowd followed him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick” (Jn. 6:2, MSG). The same crowd who was …
