The 3 most dangerous ways to interpret the Bible
Around the time I was ten years old, I remember seeing a number of books start popping up in stores about hidden messages in the Bible. Authors who were convinced that the Bible has a “secret code”...
View ArticleReligion: Not Meant to be a Marketplace
In my hometown, we have a farmer’s market. When you walk into the giant covered pavilion, many vendors have booths set up, selling every ware from food and drink to handmade crafts. Once you get there,...
View ArticleThe Blood Moon and the End of the World
When is the world going to end? Though this question may be at the back of many people’s minds from time to time, it comes into the mainstream every few years or so as some new doomsday prophecy makes...
View ArticleWhat the Bible Tells Us About Persecution
Suffering. It’s not exactly one of our favorite topics. No one wants to suffer and no one wants to be persecuted. God created us with bodies that feel pain and naturally attempt to escape pain. Why...
View Article4 Steps to Passing Your Faith on to Your Children
Deuteronomy 6 As the people of Israel prepared to finish their wandering and enter the land of Canaan, Moses gathered them to give the Law again and give promises and warnings for what would happen...
View Article4 Things the Bible Is NOT
It’s the greatest book ever written. It is the foundation upon which all truth about life and the afterlife is based. It’s the highest selling book of all time. It’s God’s personally inspired word (2...
View ArticleNo, you don’t get to make your own Jesus
One of the most bizarre things that mankind has done down through the ages is fashion their own gods. As Jeremiah pointed out, it’s downright absurd that mankind would go out into the forest, cut down...
View Article3 Truths About God’s Love
It’s February, and that usually means that red, pink, and heart-shaped objects rule the day. People are buying candy and flowers left and right, and folks are already browsing their movie collections...
View Article3 Ways to be “After God’s Own Heart”
As the “man after God’s own heart,” David is an easy choice when we’re looking for someone to emulate in our walk with God. But even a quick reading of the text on David’s life will show that he wasn’t...
View ArticleThe Danger of Over-Emphasizing Baptism
Let me say this first of all, as a disclaimer: baptism is absolutely necessary for salvation, and it’s something that we should all be able to biblically defend, so lest anyone put words in my mouth,...
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