Their Situation
A rocky start from the beginning, the church at Thessalonica faced persecution from day one, (Acts 17:1f). Paul and Silas were sent away by night to escape the potential violence they would suffer after preaching for three Sabbaths in a Jewish synagogue. After their departure and arrival in Berea, upon learning of their successful […]
In writing any article about religion you run the risk of people not agreeing with you or the risk of offending people. Does that mean we should not write about religion? Absolutely not.
Should we worry that people might be offended? No. We should not go out of our way to offend people, but as long […]
The product package and design meeting had been cancelled. The
marketing staff was notified there had been another shooting.
The interstate was a parking lot. Traffic jams and roadblocks
were a daily routine. No one felt safe to travel in or around
the area while the sniper was still free to kill at will. They
promised to do all they […]
Part Two continued
The Christian’s duty of paying taxes even extends to “de facto” rulers. If Hodge is correct, then the jurisdictional argument stands in direct conflict with Scripture at this point. Renowned commentator, John Murray, adds his substantial theological influence to the question concerning whom “the powers that be” refer to:
The powers that […]
How much do we believe that people need to hear the gospel?
Matt 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you […]
“Then God said…let Us make man in Our own Image…”
Genesis 1:26
Most people miss this. It’s about God’s image within us.
The image of His Success. His Name is Jesus. He is the Author of our Christian success.
What is an image?
It is a copy, a replica, a mirror of something.
And you know what the word “image” means […]
Iraqi Christians in the Gap!
As we think about this war from an eternal perspective, the all-importantquestion is “what will the war in Iraq mean for the Gospel of Christ Jesus?” We believe that this war in Iraq will give an open door for the Gospel. TheGospel is what will heal and free the spirit […]
How do we as Christians reconcile the freedom of man’s will with God’s sovereign and unmerited grace in salvation? Many Christians will give God all the credit and glory for the payment of their sins at Calvary but when it comes to believing in Christ they give themselves either all or some of the credit […]
Scripture reference-
Gen. 2:7
The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
God formed man from the dust of the earth? Should we believe this statement literally or was the author of Genesis speaking figuratively?
I never […]
I was in my late teens when I first read Henry Barbusse’s Under Fire, a novel set in the first world war trenches. It led me to consider the question: who does God listen to when He is bombarded with the prayers of different nations and religions, all equally convinced that He is on their […]