Article by Greg Williams

Jesus, the Son of God, became human to show us how much God wants to be close to us, to share our lives, and how deeply he is willing to change us. Relationships shape us profoundly. The people closest to us influence who we are and what we will become. Imagine the impact of being in intimate connection with the Creator of the universe. God promises to be close to us as we draw closer to him. This divine relationship is at the heart of our transformation into the image of God we have been made to be since the creation of man.

Jesus is risen! We can well understand the excitement of the assembled disciples of Jesus and the believers. He is risen! Death could not hold him; the grave had to release him. More than 2000 years later, we still greet each other on Easter morning with these enthusiastic words. "Jesus is truly risen!" Jesus' resurrection sparked a movement that continues to this day - it began with a few dozen Jewish men and women sharing the good news with each other and has since grown to include millions of people from every tribe and nation,...

At the heart of the Christian faith lies rebirth, a profound spiritual reality. Jesus answers a question Nicodemus hadn't even asked. He discerned what was in Nicodemus's heart and addressed the very core of his problem—the need for spiritual transformation and rebirth through the Holy Spirit: “Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (Joh 3,5-6)Peter strengthens this…