Look Up

Look Up Jesus said, “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it” (Matt. 16:25). Whoever seeks to find their identity, purpose, and meaning in life within themselves, i.e. in the natural orders things, will...

Prior Events

Prior Events Question from a Facebook friend: I have been afflicted with seizures that started after hearing “that I did not help.” I was not sure what that meant. One day while walking around a voice quietly and firmly said “I will rip your muscles from your bones.”...

Revelation Versus Evolution

Revelation Versus Evolution I don’t believe that there is any contradiction between divine revelation and natural law, because both originated from God. Conflicting views come from theologians and scientists. Theology is the Christian’s attempt to systematize...

True Justice

True Justice Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was imprisoned in Russia for writing about social injustices. He was sitting on a bench in prison when a stranger drew a cross in the dirt in front of him with a stick. That served as a catalyst for the liberation of his soul. He...

The Golden Rule

The Golden Rule At the time of Christ, Rabbi Hillel was asked to summarize Judaism. He answered, “Whatever is offensive to you yourself, do not do that to your neighbor. That is the whole law. Everything else is interpretation.” That is the not-so-golden-rule of...

Abandonment

Abandonment The Apostles Creed states that Jesus descended into hell, which is a translation of the word, sheol. Hebrew has only one word for hell and death and that is sheol. The emphasis should not be on destination, but isolation. Death means to be separate from,...

Isenheimer Altar

Isenheimer Altar The Isenheimer Altar by Matthias Grunewald is a powerful painting of the crucifixion. It stood in a monastery of the Antonian Hospitalers where people were cared for during the plagues that afflicted Europe during the late Middle Ages. In the...

Martyrdom

Martyrdom The liberal press has remained strangely silent about the persecution of Christians around the world. Twice as many Christians have died because of their faith this year than last year in Northern Africa, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. The rising state of Islam,...

Not What I Wanted

Not What I Wanted Question from a Facebook friend: When one asks God for something, and gets it, but it happens in a manner that is traumatic, is that God or Satan? The person does get what was requested, but in a way that the person did not want and is traumatizing....

Pure Thoughts

Pure Thoughts Question from an email friend: When a person is lusting or angry in thought but not doing the sinful act itself, wouldn’t that be already sinning? If this is so, then how does threshold thinking work since one has already committed the sin the moment...

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