Faith Defined Just about every Christian theologian can agree that the following verse in the Book of Hebrews defines the concept of “faith:” Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — Hebrews 11:1 As with almost all of my Scripture quotes, this one is from the New King James Version. Unfortunately,… Read More »
Now that we’ve defined what prayer is and is not, let’s address the “why.” Why do we pray? The Divine Imperative First — and most importantly — we are commanded to pray. Among other verses along those lines, we read the following verses in two of Paul’s epistles: Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving,Colossians 4:2… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
