By this we know love, that He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 1 John 3:16 ESV This year, the kids in our Vacation Bible School will learn about a simple message: God loves us, so we should love each other. Love is a tricky thing to define. Many people today seem to think that it means simply accepting someone as they are, ...

The Bible uses a lot of different word pictures to describe the Christian life. For instance, the Bible compares the Christian life to biological growth. Christian growth is a maturing process, beginning with drinking milk and culminating with eating of meat. We progress through various stages of maturity as Christians, from infancy to becoming young men and ultimately to ...