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Why can’t I make a decision to believe in Jesus?
“If y’all ever find a possum and it looks lost, just point his nose in the direction of the closest state highway. Possums always find their way home . . . which of course is the centerline of any state highway.” That’s what our tour guide at Blakeley State Park, home to one of the last battles of the Civil War, told us. In his estimation, all possums end up as roadkill on a state highway. Alabama is a unique place.
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Roadkill is a fair description of people. All people by nature are spiritual roadkill. Dead. Squished. Splattered. Biblically, you can’t argue this. It’s actually a theme in the New Testament. Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus, “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins” (Ephesians 2:1). Paul put it this way to the church in Colosse: “When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ” (Colossians 2:13). It’s why Paul could say this to the Christians in Corinth: “I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, ‘Jesus be cursed,’ and no one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:3).
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So how do we come to faith?
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I wrote this article nine years ago, shortly after my husband and I watched our three sons step into the next chapters of their lives. Our often very loud home suddenly grew quiet, and I found myself struggling to adjust to an empty nest. My identity, once wrapped up . . .
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On July 22, 2018, a 34-year-old man named Eric Stagno walked into Planet Fitness in Plaistow, New Hampshire. He stopped at the front counter, took off all his clothes, and then proceeded to do yoga in the buff. Those exercising at the time were both shocked . . .
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I was confirmed on May 26, 1963. There were six in my class, but I had an advantage over the other five. From kindergarten through seventh grade, I had attended a Lutheran elementary school where Bible lessons and memorization were an everyday part of . . .
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