Presenting the case for Jesus Christ in a logical manner.
Jesus has become our Sabbath. When he said, Come unto me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you Shabat/Rest/Sabbath, he changed the orientation from external observances to intimate relationships with God so that we may find our rest in Him.
The irony of atheism is that the atheist must posit the existence of God in order to have something to not believe in. Atheists don’t rail against the idea of Zeus or Thor; only against the Judeo-Christian idea of God.
Understanding Western Culture’s world view, how it forms a stronghold and why it is difficult to talk to others about faith matters, when all the culture’s assumptions are materialistic.
Paul’s weakness was his learning and education, which he thought was his strength. The thorn in his side was not sickness but constant attempts to undermine his ministry by religious legalists/false apostles who came as messengers of Satan to churches he founded. The Thorn not being removed caused him to write many of the letters we have to day in response to these attacks upon grace and his ministry.
The Hebrew Meanings of the 10 Generations Mentioned in Genesis 5: Pastor Mark Biltz [http://www.elshaddaiministries.us] Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainain, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah When we assemble the meanings of the names together in birth order, we find a message unfolding before us… just as it must have for those who witnessed the generations so long ago: Mankind / Is Appointed To / A Feeble, Frail, Mortality / In A Fixed mail order Dwelling Place. / God Who Is Praised / Comes Down / To Instruct / As A Man Sent Forth / To Be Beaten, Smitten And Tortured / Bringing Rest, A Quiet Peace. ADAM = Mankind OT:120 ‘adam (aw-dawm’); from OT:119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.): SETH = Appointed To OT:7896 shiyth (sheeth); a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application):KJV appoint ENOS = Feeble, Frail, Mortality (#582 FROM #605) OT:582 ‘enowsh (en-oshe’); from OT:605; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified OT:120); OT:605 ‘anash (aw-nash’); a primitive root; to be frail, feeble CAINAN = A Fixed Dwelling Place OT:7064 qen (kane); contracted from OT:7077; a nest (as fixed) MAHALALEEL = God Who Is Praised … Read more
“Judge not, lest you be judged” has been misinterpreted to mean that no matter what anyone does, we should not judge the behavior. He pointed out that we are not to condemn someone for their sins, lest we get condemned for ours, but that does NOT mean we are not to discern what is right and wrong, or identify certain behaviors as sin.Grace does not mean there is no law and we are free to behave any way we wish. Grace is to lead us to holiness, which is the walking in the presence of God and reflecting his character.
Fundamentalism has unconsciously imposed an Enlightenment Rationalist Worldview upon the Gospel writers, who never intended the Gospels to be interpreted simply as a strict chronological recounting of historical events. They were writing theological pamphlets intended to prove that Jesus was the fulfillment of the prophetic types present in Genesis to Joshua. By arguing as Enlightenment Rationalists, Fundamentalists have undermined their own efforts because they have not understood the original writers’ intent.
Theodicy means God’s Justice. And the question is how can a just God allow the existence of physical and moral evil?
If God is truly Sovereign and not even a sparrow can fall to the ground without his knowledge and consent, why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?
The “You Want the Truth? You Can’t Handle the Truth” Gospel. You are an atheist and you don’t believe? There is a very simple reason why you don’t and it has nothing to do with evil in the world or human suffering. It also has nothing to do with reason, science, or evolutionary theories. The reason you don’t believe is that God has not given you the gift of faith. If God chose you to be saved you would believe, but because he has not chosen you, he has not given you faith. We live in a world where we have exalted our freedom and our rights, but we forget that God is the judge of human souls, and if God decides that your heart is bent towards evil and you will never change, he will not give you faith or allow you to believe. “What? What you say? God is judging me as evil?” Yes he is. “What have I done that is so wrong that God would judge me?” Well, the truth is you don’t love your enemies. You hate Christians. You hate conservatives (or liberals). You are angry with people who don’t agree with you. You hate … Read more
Roger Bacon (c.1214–1294) is sometimes credited with the modern establishment of the scientific method, following Aristotle.