by Matthew Elliott | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
My wife, Laura, and I have moved to the woods, and we are really loving it. To get up in the morning and see trees and hear a bubbling stream instead of 18-wheel trucks, beeps, and traffic from one of Chicago’s main city arteries – North Avenue – refreshes the soul....
by Matthew Elliott | Jan 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
“What?” you may be asking yourself, “giving a Bible may hurt an African?” Oasis is passionate about the power of God’s Word to change lives. In fact, our motto is “Satisfying Africa’s Thirst for God’s Word.” But did you know there are at least 200 million Christians...
by Matthew Elliott | Mar 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
We were having communion at church after a good sermon on how God can bring good out of our guilt. They took a creative step and were flashing things on the screen that you can give to God and receive his forgiveness: “lust, lies, bigotry” … then it popped up on the...
by Matthew Elliott | Apr 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Bible tells us, “Don’t worry,” “Fear not!” How do we do this practically? In this 7 day YouVersion devotional based on research about feelings in the New Testament, author Dr. Matthew Elliott explains what fear is. When is it healthy? When can we banish it...
by Matthew Elliott | Nov 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
The following paper was originally presented at Evangelical Theological Society conference in November 2011. Abstract: In the Scriptures, there is a pattern of both a full expression of sorrow and hope in the same passage. Often, we neglect the expression of strong...
by Matthew Elliott | Oct 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Mostly I wanted to share this Psalm and let is speak for itself, but I will add a few thoughts here and there. The Psalmist seems to start out so positive, so pumped about God and all he does for us. There are no illusions of power; we do not accomplish anything in...
