Here�s Hope
The Good News

e-Thoughts Home Page
Here are some shared thoughts from someone who walked his own path for 38 years; and has tried to walk in the path of someone far greater, ever since. The path is hard because it calls for a change of inner disposition; but it is worthwhile in the long run.

Jesus is alive and knows your name!

Need Jesus?
Maybe no one has ever shared with you God's plan for your life. We would love to share that with you now!

Jesus Saves
You know what? You can be saved right now. You can be saved right where you are! This very minute.

God's Simple Plan of Salvation
You CAN know for sure that you have eternal life with God the Father!

Dynamic or Static Salvation?
. . . many misunderstand the free gift of salvation. They will arrive at the end of their lives discovering too late that they are not in God's family after all. Jesus warned of this quite plainly at the close of the Sermon on the Mount. . .

Encouragement For New Christians
You recently trusted in Christ? That is fantastic! Believe me when I say that it will take you the rest of your life (and then some!) fully to understand what has happened to you.

Brother Bill
This is going to be known as an "Equal Opportunity Inquiry Site -- all viewpoints welcome." We'll be asking some very interesting questions along the way and we'd like a lot of participation from our visitors.

Becoming A Christian
Placing your faith and trust in Jesus Christ alone as your personal Lord and Savior is the most important decision you will ever make!

How To Know Jesus Personally
If you want a personal relationship with someone you need to know who that person is. So lets talk about who Jesus is.

Is Salvation Accomplished Wholly Without Human Effort?
As a member of the historic Christian Church, I answer this resolution in the affirmative: Yes, salvation is accomplished wholly without human effort.

Zoe Dotes' Scripture Studies
Have you ever wanted to really get to know God but didn't know where to start? Perhaps you have tried different religions or have read different books looking for the answer.

Christian Doctrine
Christian Doctrine is very important. It is the basis of truth. Everyone has doctrine, either good or bad. What do you believe? How close are you to the truth? Take a look and build a good foundation of Christian Doctrine from the Bible.

Articles For New Christians
What Is A Christian? How To Make Smart Decisions. Why Are There So Many Christian Denominations? Christianity: Do I Have To Join A Church? ... and more

A Personal Relationship With Jesus And Lord
First in a Series on Central Presbyterian Church's Core Values.

What the Bible Teaches is True
Salvation

Pursuing Oneness in Christ
The Importance of Oneness to Christ.

Questions About Baptism
Baptism is making a public statement of an inward conversion. Going under the water symbolizes dying to the old life and coming up out of the water represents rising up to a new life. It is an act of obedience after someone has accepted Jesus Christ as Lord.

What Happens when a person dies?
Is death the end of everything for that person? Does he or she, your or I, simply go to the grave and that is the end? Is there anything after death?

How To Know God
If God does exist, we owe it to ourselves to change our lives with respect to that highly relevant fact. If there is a God, what could be more important than for us to know Him, if He can be known? One of the critical questions we must answer to know God is, What is God like?

Who Do You Say Jesus Is?
Was he just a good man or philosopher who left us with some virtuous teachings to live by? Was he just another prophet? Or was he a madman or who thought he was divine, or an impostor who claimed to be God? Did he even really exist, or was he just a fabrication of men who lived nearly two thousand years ago?

Two Ways To Live
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple--simple enough to be outlined in a few pages. It is a message from the Bible about God and his son Jesus. It is about life and death, and the choice that we all face.

What is a Christian?
No other question is so surrounded with confusion or answered so variously. Ask ten different people this question and you will get five or six different answers. Here are six opinions which are commonly held about the essence of Christianity.

THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST
The word gospel simply means "good news". Specifically it is the good news about the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, and how this work of Christ can atone for our sins.

Thoughtful Articles From the Thinkman
Did Old Testament Believers Look Forward to the Christ?
Transformed By Grace
The Testimony of Sue
FOREKNOWLEDGE
There's More Than Meets God's Eye
The Bible on Divine Sovereignty
The below passages are set forth with very little commentary and emphasis in caps and bold print. They are set forth under different headings to show that God is absolutely sovereign, that man is absolutely depraved, and that God has chosen of His Own will those who are saved.
What is Justification?
Justification is a legal term which means "the opposite of condemnation" and includes the idea of being "declared righteous" or "acceptable before God" (who is the Judge).
ETERNAL LIFE - WHEN?
The phrase "eternal life" is synonymous the "salvation" spoken of in Scripture - a "salvation" that embraces the whole person.
Do You Know Jesus Christ?
Everyone reaches that point in life where they wonder what it's all about. What exactly is the KEY to it all? Are we just random accidents of nature that take up space, enduring hardship until the day we die? How can anyone look into a clear night sky at the heavens and still believe that? Everything from the smallest sub-atomic particle to the immense heavenly bodies shows the design and handiwork of our Creator. God is as REAL as you are!

What Do You Mean By Born Again?
What Do You Mean By Salvation?
Do you realize not one in a hundred knows what salvation is -- how to get it -- when you will receive it? Don't be too sure you do! Here, once for all, is the truth made so plain you will really understand it!

Do You Know What To Believe?
Many people in the world today claim to be "Christians." How many of them truly know what it means to be a "follower of Christ"? Do you know?

Why Have You Not Chosen Christ?
If you haven't accepted Jesus Christ as Lord of your life, why not? Here's 7 possible reasons.

What is Christianity?
Ever wondered what is Christianity? Here are some ideas from scripture.

Is Your Name Written In The Book Of Life?
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:15).

Articles on Overcoming Temptation

Salvation
The name salvation is given to all God's works of redemption. But in this context salvation means "Forgiveness of Sins" and specifies deliverance from sins.

The Most Important Decision of Your Life
If you had asked me if I were a Christian, I would have said yes. But for twenty-one years God was just a formal idea to me rather than a personal friend. I professed Christianity, but I lived my life as a practical atheist.

Where Will You Spend Eternity?
No church can save YOU, SALVATION is A personal commitment between YOU and the FATHER in Heaven.

The Gospel
This lesson is about the most important question that each of us must answer in our lives. Your answer determines your eternal destiny.

Knowing and Loving God
The Works of Charles G. Finney. Volume XII

Evolution and the Christian Faith

Notes on Heaven

Notes on Repentance

A Few Notes on Repentance

The Four Spiritual Laws
written by Dr. Bill Bright
Campus Crusade for Christ Canada

What is a Christian?

The Returning Backslider

What in the World is the Gospel

Developing Christian Priorities in Life

The Eight-Fold Way To Knowing God

What is a Covenant?

Miscellaneous Information Concerning the Bible

The Complexities of Time

Eternity and the Son of Man

Jesus� Death � Six Hours of Eternity on the Cross

The New Covenant Defined

Finding the Will of God

The Christian and Worldliness

The Scars of Sin

What is Worship?

The Strongholds of Inner Space

The Man God Uses

A Young Man�s Christian Journey

Dr. Law and Dr. Grace
A Message of Salvation

Five Clicks To Sharing Your Faith

Be A Growing Christian

Does God Test Us?

God Has Forgiven You

God�s Word Will Make You Free

Jesus is a Savior

Jesus was your Substitute

Repentance

Spiritual Growth

What Happened When You Received Christ?

You Can Know You Are A Christian

Go To Heaven!

Go To . . . Heaven

If You Died Now, Where Would You Go?

What is A Christian?

10 Basic Steps Toward Christianity

The Hope � God�s Promise for All PeopleOnline Video

I Want To Know The Thoughts of God

God�s Story
Multimedia Journey Through the Bible
The Creator's plan for your eternal salvation is explained, from the BEGINNING, in chronological order. Gain a FOUNDATIONAL understanding of God's story! Great for all ages.

Learn More About Jesus Christ

Am I good enough to go to Heaven?

How can I be and feel forgiven?

If God forgives me everytime I ask, why do I still feel so guilty?

What does it take to be a Christian?

What is a Christian?

Abounding Joy
A personal webpage - . . . included here some Biblical studies and essays which are designed to strengthen and encourage Christians (and perhaps challenge those who do not yet believe).

Manual of life

If you know of any other website that I can add here, please email me at [email protected]. If you have any questions that are not answered here, please email me. I would be pleased to find the answer for you.