The Role Faith Plays in the Creation Versus Evolution Debate For all their differences, both creation and the theory of evolution require an element of faith In school I learned about evolution. In church I learned about creation. Creation marks...
Don’t Speak About Things You Don’t Understand False teachers slander what they don’t understand, and they will be destroyed Over the years I’ve heard many ministers talk about things they didn’t understand. Not biblical or spiritual things, but...
The Bible Teaches Us How to Live With One Another Scripture is packed with instructions of how Christians should treat each other Last year I shared 13 Reasons Why I Love the Bible, and I periodically expand upon one of those thirteen reasons...
When you consider the homeless, what do you think they are like? (You do think of people who have no homes, right?) Here is a statistical profile of the homeless in my local area: 32% of the adults are employed 37% are children 27% of the...
One Way That Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament Jesus turns the celebration of Passover into the celebration of Communion As the Israelites prepare to leave Egypt, Moses instructs them to have a special meal with their families and neighbors. They...
One Friday we received some much-needed rain—1.8 inches in just a couple hours; it was a downpour. The following day, to my dismay, I noticed that Robin’s nest had been knocked out of my crabapple tree. I was saddened to see three unhatched eggs...
Put Your Faith in Action Good deeds and right living don’t earn our salvation, but they do confirm it Paul writes to his friends in Thessalonica. He reminds them—and us—that salvation is a gift from God. We can’t earn it and can only receive it...
Why Do We Listen to a Sermon at Church Each Sunday? The Bible offers little support for a minister to preach a sermon to us at church Many changes occurred in church practices because of the Protestant Reformation some 500 years ago. One of those...
The Bible Tells Us Good Things Are Coming: Are You Ready? The Bible isn’t the point, it’s the God revealed in the Bible Hebrews chapter 10 opens with a line worthy of contemplation. It says, that the Law—that is the Old Testament—merely hints at...
I rarely think back to my time in high school, but recently I remembered a conversation I had with a classmate. Or at least I remember the end of our conversation. I don’t know what we were discussing or what I said, but my friend glared at me...
