Tag Archives: biblical scholarship

The God Who Speaks

By | 30 May 2011

As I described in my very first post, there exists a philosophy I call “man’s religion“, not in the sense of gender, but of mankind. And I covered there many of the major distinctions between man’s religion and true, biblical Christianity in that post. One of the misconceptions about God inherent to man’s religion is He is silent.… Read More »

He is Risen! #1

By | 24 Apr 2011

Happy Resurrection Day! Today we celebrate the anniversary of the single most significant event in the history of the world: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. This is not a doctrine we believe lacking proof or despite evidence to the contrary, but it is an actual historical event which has been attested to by secular and… Read More »

Acts of God — Not! #9:
Temptations, Trials & Tribulations

By | 21 Feb 2011

Over the last 9 posts, I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t go around killing Christ-followers, inflicting sickness and disease on them, and causing disasters. I hope to make this the final post in this series and to move on to other topics as the Lord leads. In this article, I want to address the issue of… Read More »

Acts of God — Not! #8:
What Is Suffering for Jesus?

By | 19 Feb 2011

The last 8 posts (sheesh I can be long-winded!) 🙂 I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t go around killing Christ-followers, causing them disasters, and the like. We’ve covered the related issues of covenants, the sovereignty of God, the authority of believers, the promises of God in His Word, the role of Satan, and Jesus being “God-in-sandals,”… Read More »

Acts of God — Not! #7:
Jesus as God-in-Sandals

By | 24 Jan 2011

Over the last 7 posts, I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t go around killing Christ-followers, inflicting them with diseases, stealing their jobs or homes, etc., etc. In these we’ve covered several aspects of this issue, such as our covenant with God, the believer’s authority on this earth, the promises of God, and the role of Satan… Read More »

Acts of God — Not! #6:
A Semi-Scholarly Analysis of the Book of Job

By | 22 Dec 2010

In the last several posts, I’ve been making the case that the God of the Bible does not go around killing His children, inflicting them with diseases, or causing calamities and disasters nowadays. In Part 2 of this series, I listed 4 factors not generally understood about the Bible which causes many to misunderstand this issue. In this installment,… Read More »