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Continue reading →: You Need to Know…
If you’ve read some of my posts over time, you know that I am concerned with (or not a “fan” of) “easy believism.” I believe there are far too many people who acknowledge a belief in Jesus as someone who died to save us from our sins, and on this…
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Continue reading →: Making Sense of God’s Anger in the Old Testament
The amount of anger and violence attributed to God in the Old Testament is a problem for many people. It can prevent non-Christians (atheists, agnostics) from becoming a Christian (“Who in the world would want to worship a God like that?”). But it can also shake the faith of some…
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Continue reading →: God’s Warning against Worldliness
My heart grieves when I see young people leave the church and abandon God in order to pursue all that the world has to offer. They are seeking happiness, friendships, and new experiences, and believe they can only find these if they are independent, unconstrained from moral boundaries and free…
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Continue reading →: Which Type of Belief do You Have?
In the Bible, there are two types of beliefs. There is a general belief and a saving belief. A general belief does not save a person from (the penalty of) their sins; a saving belief does. I am afraid that there are many people who think they are a Christian…
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Continue reading →: Do You Love or Hate?
John 13:34-35 “I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.” Anymore it…
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Continue reading →: He Saved Us so that We Would Live Differently
John 12:46 I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes and trusts in Me (as Savior – all those who anchor their hope in Me and rely on the truth of My message) will not continue to live in darkness. (AMP) Jesus came not only…
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Continue reading →: An Answer to Prayer about a Car Tire
Hebrews 11:1 What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see. (NLT) This post is about our experience in getting a flat tire more than 200 miles from home, wondering how long…
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Continue reading →: Are You Forgoing God’s Blessings by the Way You Live?
James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Do you want to receive God’s blessings in your life? If so, you may need to change the way you live. According to the Bible, there are two ways to live: a worldly…
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Continue reading →: Is Compassion for Believers Required for Salvation?
Matthew 25:31-33 31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate them as a shepherd separates the sheep from the…
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Continue reading →: Example of an Answer to Prayer
An answer to prayer is an encouragement to believers, for it provides evidence of God’s work in someone’s life (and to be honest, it surprises us to some extent as many of our prayers seem to go unanswered). To unbelievers and skeptics, an “answer to prayer” is something a naive and…