angels and Jesus. Ghosts have not entered into heaven so it would displease God to talk with them. Also this passage occurs before Jesus conquered death and so no one was in heaven. Samuel was in the ground (1 Sam 28
powerful emotion-filled testimonies over their lack of fear of the devil and any who may work with him against them, as well as an admirable staunch belief in the overwhelming protection shielding them, provided by our Almighty Jehovah God, through His beloved Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus ...
But there are other good reasons for studying what we call church history, the history of God’s new covenant people. It has been said, “A wise man learns from his mistakes; a wiser man learns from the mistakes of others; a fool learns from neither of them.” Here, then, is one o...
Jesus did not come to call the righteous, but was accused of being a friend of sinners. Too often, we are more like the older, self-righteous brother of the prodigal son, and our hearts are hardened toward the lost. This is truth at the expense of grace. But the ap...
Jesus of Nazareth obeyed kosher dietary rules and otherwise followed traditional Jewish codes of conduct — but within 20 years after his death, the Christian movement had jettisoned many of those laws. In Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins (26-50 CE) (...
Number one: The Incarnation of the Son of God. Number two: The Inspiration of the Scripture. Now If I were to ask you, "Do you believe the Bible is the Word of God?" I am sure that all theChristianswill say, "Yes, we believe the Bible is the Word of God." ...
Jesus did not say “If you fast,” but, “When you fast…” (Matthew 16:16), the implication being that this is something we should do. Fasting is not a hunger strike, nor a manipulative device nor a form of dieting. Fasting should be about God, one that is set apart for him to...
Why Are Evangelical Christians So Upset at a Musical That Shows Jesus Calling Himself "A Bit Gay"? According to the Bible, He Was Arrested for Kissing a Ma... In fact, this 820-word column features the word "fuck" 46,000 times--according to calculations done by evangelical Christians....
Others say that Christ was a brilliant teacher, but not the son of God. Appealing as that argument sounds, C.S. Lewis critiqued this perspective half a century ago. He argued that you can’t accept him as a great moral teacher without also accepting his claim to be God. Since Jesus’...
aSome Christians (基督徒) say that 13 is not lucky because there were 13 people at a meal the day before Jesus (耶稣) was killed (被杀). In a story about the old Greek (希腊的) gods, 12 gods were asked to a meal but one more came. This made 13. It is why the god Balder,...