As might be expected, there was a huge outcry from religious leaders offering vigorous rebuttals to Hawking’s statement that God did not necessarily create the universe. Their arguments were weak, petty, and often showed little to no understanding of science. They even sometimes misquoted Hawking...
Why didn’t God give us the exact same chance to make it up into His third heaven like He did with Satan and the rest of the angelic host? Because He knew a certain percentage of mankind would eventually fall and rebel against Him just like a third of His angels eventually did. And ...
what we are also saying is that the only part of the world that God really cared about was the part under Roman rule (Most of Europe, Northern Africa, and Western Asia). The rest of the world did not have access to the Roman road system, nor did they speak ...
Second, is there such a thing as ""Mosaicjudiciallaw?" Did God give Israel laws through Moses which were intended to be carried out by an entity we today call "the State?"No. The author of Hebrews leaves us no doubt about the inspired New Testament perspective on the Mosaicpenalties, sa...
If I am being honest with myself I have to admit, yes. My longing to be accepted within all of my relationships before knowing Christ, stemmed out of a fear of mankind. I desired acceptance, love, forgiveness and joy to come from others. If I just did enough then they would accept ...
Mankind is certainly not blameless here, but it is Jehovah who is the true villain. Another popular rationalization is that life without “challenges” would be boring and dehumanizing, so God does not remove them. The fallacy here is grouping all challenges together. I personally lead a very ...
Only God could create a baby this way. Yet another reason to celebrate. Jesus: A Savior 6. “For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11WEB) Because of sin, we need a Savior. Mankind finds no other entrance to he...
a generation that did not keep their hearts steadfast,whose spirits were not faithful to God.The Rebellion 9 The tribe of Ephraim, equipped and armed with bows, deserted on the day of battle.10 They did not keep God’s covenant, and they refused to walk in his law.11 They forgot his ...
The reason God made people was so that each ones would be able to give love in their own unique manner in order to make eternity better for themselves and everyone else (see also our free online book:The MYSTERY of GOD’s PLAN: Why Did God Create Anything? Why Did God Make You?). ...
by asserting the sovereignty of God, and affirming that he had a right to do it Romans 9:20-21; and secondly, by showing that he did it according to the principles of justice and mercy, or that it was involved of necessity in his dispensing justice and mercy to mankind; Romans 9:22...