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Reading Time: 2 minutes Adrian via email asked me profound question; how can a person be a child of God? Something you may not have thought about is that everyone who repents of their sins and accepts Christ Jesus as their savior is adopted into God’s family (Ephesians 1:4–5). Thus, this makes everyone in God’s family, sons, and daughters […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Millicent from Dubai in email asked: “How do I deal with people who are not Christian and live in their country?” Great question, Millicent! Everyone who has accepted Christ Jesus are in a country which is filled with people who are not Christian i.e., people who do not follow Christ Jesus’ teachings and have repented […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alissou, a Christian from Lagos Nigeria asked; “Is it good to pray against enemies?” What a terrific yet direct question, Alissou asked. The answer to this question directly affects every Christian… even me. To put it more distinctly: Should Christians pray against those persons (people) who say and declare that they are Christians enemies (i.e., […]
Reading Time: 22 minutes Last week (week of March 6th), Artie the atheist at //freeatheism.org, entered a comment on one of my posts. Then not long afterwards, Artie emailed me with his, ‘Theist Challenge’ and insisted that the atheist position is the “justified” position and that belief in Christ Jesus is not. This post is a compilation of Artie’s […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes A two part series on the teaching of Atheism concerning the beginning of our universe and life. The Atheist’s Creation (Second of a two part series) Summary of Part 1 – Atheists Preaching Creation In the beginning there was nothing, nothing at all and most specifically God did not exist. Yet what did exist was a […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes A two part series on the teaching of Atheism concerning the beginning of our universe and life. The Atheist’s Creation (First of a two part series) In the beginning there was nothing, nothing at all and specifically God did not exist. Nothing at all except for a small singularity; a mathematical concept of infinite temperature […]
Reading Time: 12 minutes On Easter day (Sunday, March 27, 2016) I felt led to help people who want to understand how the Bible portrays the differences between religion and true Christianity (Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23). So on that day I started writing this post. I hope that what I’ve written helps you who want to understand […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Bisi from the Nigerian state of Lagos asked a wonderful question; “What is God’s favor?” Earning God’s Favor To many people, receiving God’s favor is something that they think must be earned by them. These people believe that they have to do something in order to receive God’s favor… that they have to do lots […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Presley from Douala, Cameroon asked me via email this great question; “How can one worship God with all his heart and really know that he has done so?” First let’s put Presley’s question in context with the Bible: Matthew 22:34-40 A Pharisee who was an expert in the law, tested Jesus with this question: “Teacher, […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes Alex sent to me the following email asking about ‘truth’ from a Christian perspective: Hello, Your website is interesting to me. Please could you help me with what is meant by the word ‘truth’ from a Christian point of view? I understand the absolute Truth to be the one God, made accessible to mankind because […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Stephen via email asked me a great question; “Why should we forgive people?” In short, the Bible instructs us to forgive as the Lord forgave us: Colossians 3:13 Longer answer: God helps us grow in maturity and wisdom and heals us when we forgive. When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong (when you forgive […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Muragwa from Rwanda in email asked me to explain God’s forgiveness to him. God forgiving us, comes through His love for us and is by His amazing mercy and grace! All sin (our knowingly choosing to do something we shouldn’t do and our knowingly choosing not doing something we should do), no matter how “small,” […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jimmy Thunder on YouTube made the comment to me; “you realise [sic] you’re also an atheist right? with regards to every single other deity except the one you’ve ‘chosen’” To answer Jimmy’s question; Jimmy you are wrong, I am not an Atheist. I have never been an Atheist nor will I ever be an Atheist. […]
Reading Time: 16 minutes Derrick sent me the following questions in email: I have a question about God, the Bible, Faith, and/or how to be Saved I’m struggling with my faith. All of my life I’ve been told that Jesus is what I should believe and not to question it. But it’s hard to not question things with a […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes Stephen from Lusaka, Zambia asked me in email; “How can I know a true prophet from a false prophet?” Today in this internet and television connected world more than ever it is highly important to know the difference between a true prophet from a false prophet. Not knowing the difference can cause an eternity of […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes George from Sierra Leone asked me a great question in email; “What are the differences between holiness and righteousness?” Holy is ontologically “separate”. Clean is ontologically “appropriate for cult”. Righteousness is “appropriate in covenant”. Uncleanness and sin remove the appropriateness for cult and covenant. Purification sacrifice recovers for holy and clean, and for humans also […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tomiwa in email from the United Kingdom asked me, “How can I know the plan of God for my life?” This is a question many people think of yet per apathy often don’t follow through on finding out the answer. I’m glad that Tomiwa asked. Our Lord surely intends us to have, and readily to […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Lydia from the United Kingdom asked me in email, “How can I be born again? Is it by something I sing or put on?” The Bible tells us in Ephesians 2:8-9 that “It is by grace (God’s gift) we have been saved and not by works (human effort).” Which goes to help answer Lydia’s question […]
Reading Time: 13 minutes @mrscientist on Twitter asked me a great question, “Do you worship the one true [G]od who lets babies suffer with bone cancer?” This great question is the type of question common among people who either want to really know God and among people who want to smear God. Since @mrscientist told me that he would […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes @Gorooble from Twitter asked the question; “How do you take Matthew 18:19 in context?” and went on and asked; “Why don’t pairs of Christians go into hospitals, pray, heal everybody?” Great questions from @Gorooble and I’ll even up the ante by asking about Matthew 18:19; “Why don’t pairs of Christians get together around the world […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Andrew from Tanzania asked me in email, “If Jesus was really God, why did He not protect Himself and allow Himself to be put on a cross and die on the cross?” The question Andrew asked is a great question because at first thought, why wouldn’t someone who is extremely more powerful than the ones […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Will I die? Everyone asks themselves at some point in their life. Surveys show that One out of every One person dies. The better question everyone should ask is; When will I die? Because everyone will die; it’s just a matter of time for you die. Your time could be up before you finish reading […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Martinho in email asked me a really great question: “If I have repented my sins, accepted Jesus as my Savior and pray that my sins will end, will I stop sinning?” You and I (and everyone else) sin. Sin is a term used in archery meaning, missing the mark. We sin when we chose to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jinnette in email asked me; “What does salvation mean thoroughly? Such a great question and one I’m sure many other people out there want to know the answer to as well. I hope the answer below helps Jinnette and you understand what salvation means. When God created everything, He said it was good (Read Genesis […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Victoria in email asked me, “What does it mean, ‘Whose path are you on?’” What a great question! Basically there are only two paths a person can chose to be on; one path goes towards God and the second path goes away from God. Jesus boldly claimed, “I am the way, the truth, and the […]