While lying, withholding the truth, and other forms of deception might bring some immediate relief or reward, they undermine our relationships with others, displease God, and run the risk of His discipline. What About You? Do you think about eternity? Do you yearn and get excited about being...
Our Orthodox churches, it would seem, graphically preach the significance of Scripture in the Church. The Gospel Book lies on the altar table with other holy liturgical objects, with the “Reserved Gifts” and the “Presanctified Lambs.” The “Apostol”[19]is kept together with the other lit...
let’s not be too quick to judge another person’s experience because they may have different nuances in their Christian beliefs. Thespiritof deception should be our main concern.
A theory must explain all observations and connect them into a system. Faith gives certainty of what lies ahead. A theory must accurately predict the outcome of future experiments. The big difference between faith and a scientific theory is that faith is trust that yields understanding of the ob...
God evidently cares about you getting the evidence, but if you don’t want it, there will be no way for it to help. Herein lies the problem with a believer trying to prove God exists. It probably doesn’t matter much if the person does not want there to be a Creator God. So, the...
The answer lies in their interpretive method: They tend to rely upon scattered verses in the New Testament that are removed from their original context, and they tend to overlook the main aims, major lines of thought, and key themes of biblical books from where the verses originate. Prosperity...
Christians will not sleep the greater part of the time, and once in a while wake up, and rub their eyes, and bluster about, and vociferate a little while, and then go to sleep again. Then there will be no need that ministers should wear themselves out and kill themselves, by their ...
After discussing this with his Dad, the true story came out. The father of the young man at college was someone who disliked Jim’s Dad and was angry because he did not get the promotions in rank as did Bill. He began to spread rumors and lies to smear Bill’s good name and charact...
It has been known for thousands of years. Great men and women of God proclaimed it long before our generation. But, there is a counterfeit to this information as there is with all of God’s truth. The enemy uses deception because he is the father of lies and there is no truth in ...
This is a difficult topic, but it is truth. Truth is not always found on the main highway, but lies along the narrow path. It is not on the lips of the majority, but in the hearts of a few who seek it with all their heart. Jesus and His word is the “pearl of great price....