Mike Schorah

EN  English ( FR IT PT SP ) Did Jesus rise from the dead? If Jesus didn't rise from the dead then all of our writing and preaching is useless. And so is your faith. You are still guilty of your sins. We are to be pitied more than anyone in the world. ( 1 Corinthians 15:14-19 ) But Jesus was raised from the dead, the first of a great harvest of all who have died! How can we know it? Well, we can't really know anything about the past, or even the present: we can just assemble a lot of evidence to persuade us. (Biologically, you know I must have had two grandfathers; but I can't prove to you beyond any doubt who they were!) The main historical records Matthew 28:1-20 Mark 16:1-20 Luke 24:1-53 John 20:1-21:25 Acts 1:1-11 The disciples changed They went from being a group of men who were frightened and hiding, to being courageous witnesses who spoke constantly throughout the world of what they'd seen. And they died for their be...

EN  English ( FR IT PT SP ) Lessons from a light switch I used to think that becoming a Christian was as simple as flicking on the light switch:  it's either 'off' or 'on';  you're following Jesus, or you're not;  you're going to heaven, or to hell. Now I realize that the truth is more complex: it's more like turning on a "dimmer" switch (Why are they "dimmers" when they make the bulb brighter?!)  With a dimmer switch, there's a point when the light is off and there's no electric current flowing. You're not a Christian, yet.  Turn the switch past the click point and, if that's all you do, the bulb hardly shines with any brightness. (Though if you stick your fingers where the light bulb goes then you meet Jesus sooner than otherwise!) But, the bulb is pretty useless if it's kept on its absolute minimum setting. The switch needs to be turned to make the bulb brighter.  In the same way, my questio...

EN  English ( FR IT PT SP ) Stand firm, and you will win life Jesus gave some signs of the end times in Matthew 24 and Luke 21 But in the midst of them Jesus promised us that "the one who endures to the end will be saved ... Stand firm, and you will win life." “Stand firm, and you will win life” (NIV) Today I've been reading Matthew 24:12-13 again: “Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved” and similar words from Jesus in Luke 21:19 " By standing firm, you will win your souls." It's made me remember the amazing reminders in Hebrews 11 and 12 “Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see” ( ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭1 ‬) The testing of your faith produces endurance ( James 1:2-4 ) "Since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the ...