Author: Paul Santhouse

I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I’m also a husband, father, and grandpa. And I’m part of the Moody Publishers* team. Since I've worked with books for nearly four decades, and I believe the local church is where we become the kind of people Jesus would be in our shoes, that's mostly what this blog is about. Thanks for visiting. Paul *As this is my personal blog, the views and opinions expressed herein are my own, not those of my employer.

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Four of our guys packed off to university a couple years ago. A huge state school in the Midwest. When you send them off you hope there’s a ministry or fellowship on campus to receive and grow them in Christ. Two of the guys showed up at church last week. Older looking, but still with […]

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“Christianity has nothing to do with Jesus. It was invented by Paul. Jesus never said any of that stuff.” That’s what one of our students heard from his geology professor at college. So he asked permission to speak and read a few verses from the Gospels where Jesus claims to be God. Things he’d learned […]

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Read This: John 1:1-3 There’s more to Jesus Christ than people think. He’s not just a teacher, prophet, or martyr long dead.   Who is Jesus Christ? The apostle John opens his Gospel on this subject. Here’s what his first three verses say: 1. Jesus is eternal. He existed before the universe began. 2. Jesus lives […]

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We had a woman volunteer in September. She didn’t mean to, but there were five students without adult sponsors. For months she met with those girls on Sunday mornings, talking with them, remembering their birthdays, and saying a short prayer. But not much happened. They weren’t a group. They didn’t bond. So she prayed for […]