Answers to various topics of the Christian life or the Bible
This question still gets asked more than you might think. Hopefully, as Christians grow in their relationship with Christ it becomes much less a case of us thinking in sacred vs. secular terms, but allowing Christ to live in and through us in whatever circumstances. However, I understand the intent of the question, so let’s…
Dr. Leighton Flowers is someone making his presence known in the online world of Christian theology with his fairly aggressive, yet respectful challenge of Calvinism, a theological system within Christianity that emphasizes the sovereignty of God and includes the five points represented by the acronym TULIP. These are Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible…
Well, here’s a question that has been asked quite a few times before. Can Christians go to heaven if they keep sinning? I mean, doesn’t the word of God tell us that a person who turns away from their sins and practices righteousness is the one who can have an eternity in heaven? Doesn’t the…
I generally lean hard on the fact that Christians are now under grace and not under the law. My wife and I both are generally frustrated when we hear a pastor or evangelist that is so works-based in their presentation of the Gospel that he convinces every saint of God in the room that they…
Will I have the necessities that I need in the future? Will God provide for my financial needs? Am I going to be able to pay my bills? Does God actively watch over me to make sure that my family and I have the things that we need to make it through life? Will there…
This topic is ever so common in the lives of those who genuinely want to please God. Christians consistently find themselves in situations where they desperately want to know what direction God wants them to take. What decision does He want them to make? How to hear God’s voice is a topic of concern for…
For those in whom the Bible has been a part of their lives for a long time, they may not question the difference between God and Jesus. This question may be quite settled for you. However, for a substantial portion of people on planet Earth who are not quite as familiar with biblical teaching, it…
“The more I studied the manuscript tradition of the New Testament, the more I realized how radically the text had been altered over the years at the hands of the scribes…..it would be wrong…. to say—that the changes in our text have no reading bearing on what the texts mean or on the theological conclusions…
For our purposes, spiritual blindness is a condition where a person can’t see situations, problems, or issues from a viewpoint of a Biblically based spiritual realm. When a person is spiritually blind, they can have difficulty discerning right choices from wrong ones and they may choose to believe false narratives about the world rather than…