GOT HOPE? Christianity Delivers
One of my favorite graduate assistants, from a handful of years ago, grew up in Sweden, where she was raised in a Christian home by very loving parents. I met her parents upon her first graduation where they gave me a book entitled “Jerusalem” by Selma Lagerlöf, which presented a fictional account of a humble …
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“The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.” – 1 Timothy 4:1 Wolves in sheep's clothing have begun infiltrating our churches, spreading false doctrines and duping millions. Without even realizing it, Christians may slowly find themselves falling prey to their idealistic …
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In ancient times, claiming special powers and failing to deliver could earn you a death sentence. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had a dream around 600 years before the appearance of Jesus, which he struggled to interpret. He summoned the help of magicians, sorcerers, astrologers, and enchanters, expecting them to interpret his dream without giving them …
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If we don't like what God's Word has to say, why not change the message? God won't mind, right? That could be the philosophy behind one of the newest English translations of the Bible, the Passion Translation. The Passion Translation (TPT) hails itself as is "a new, heart-level translation, using Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic manuscripts, …
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Let's not be duped by the New Age wolves in sheep's clothing. They are the "woke" among us who claim to be Christians, but reject Christianity's core doctrines. Over the past few hundred years, a number of “new age” movements have reared their ugly heads to either cast doubts on Christianity or spread false doctrines …
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Were the Jews of Jesus' time expecting their Savior to arrive? The short answer is yes. A longer answer is offered in this blog. The Jews of Jesus’ day were well aware that the time for their Savior to come had come because God had given that information to them in their Scriptures: He would …
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I downloaded data from the 7th and most recent wave of the World Values Surveys today and analyzed items using the SPSS statistical package. I wondered whether any statistically significant variations were present between religious people and atheists on a variety of ethical values and norms. I isolated the United States, New Zealand, Japan, and …
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King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had a dream around 600 years before the appearance of Jesus, which he struggled to interpret. He summoned the help of magicians, sorcerers, astrologers, and enchanters, expecting them to interpret his dream without giving them any details about it. They protested, telling him that no one could ever interpret a dream …
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Nowhere in the Bible is our need to understand God’s sovereignty made more evident than in the Book of Job. The Book of Job opens with God asking Satan whether he had noticed Job’s blameless and upright actions. Job feared God and shunned evil. Satan responded by stating that God had blessed Job with abundance, …
In 1989, a group of academics and church leaders decided to rewrite and update English translations of the Bible with the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV). According to the National Council of Churches, this translation is a revision of the 1971 “Revised Standard Version,” which is a revision of the 1901 “American Standard Version,” which …
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