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: 2 minutes Atheists insist that morality is subjective personal and that there are no absolute moral standards. Atheists insist that that each individual person sets their own moral standards and that society sets the standards for civil morality. Thus, atheists point to the subjectivity of morality in the model they insist shows that morality is subjective rather […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes @FlyingFree333 from Twitter deeply relishes Psalm 137:9. @FlyingFree333 so delights in Psalm 137:9 that he creates false re-tweets (RT) from me about Psalm 137:9 and tweets them like they came from me. Yes, I wrote that he creates and tweets “false RTs from me” because @FlyingFree333 is an atheist who practices relative morality i.e., it’s […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes @robineccles on Twitter asked me, “why is it important that the first couple of chapters of the OT are right?” Robin asked a very good and very important question. Let’s determine why it matters that Genesis is correct. In fact, I believe the whole Bible is correct. I believe the Old Testament books and the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Many people think that their finding God is about them. It isn’t. Finding God is all about God. Us making finding God about ourselves is our selfishness shining through. “How is it that we make finding God about us and not about Him?” you ask. Well, for starters, making our salvation based upon the “good […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes No, God Does Not Let Everyone into Heaven. No, God doesn’t let everyone into Heaven. Only those people who accept Christ Jesus as their savior are allowed into Heaven. “Wait!” you say and then ask; “Why can’t God just let everyone go into His Kingdom even if they do or don’t take Christ Jesus as […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes Definition of Slavery “The word 'slavery' is such a powerful word today in our society because of the slavery reminded to us by those in rather recent United States history who had family members enslaved as a type of forced labor against their will. Scholars in the ANE have often abandoned the use of the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes joestfrancois from YouTube asks, “Was Abraham going to kill his son for your [G]od or not?” Reading the Bible in Context helps One Understand Truth It is clear for anyone reading the Bible in context what Abraham believed would happen and what he was planning on doing. It is a rather short chapter of history […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes autonerf from YouTube asks a number of good questions about the Bible (God’s Word). Why are there so many versions of God’s word today, and which version do you believe to be the most accurate? Why are there so many interpretations of the meaning of God’s word? Does God allow His word to be changed, […]
Reading Time: 16 minutes GoodWithout_God from Twitter asks: Do you think your [G]od ignored & rejected the prayers of the people these actors from the movie "God on Trial"portray? Giving to me a link to a specific scene from the movie where one of the actors launches into a series of questions that explore God's actions from the escape […]
Reading Time: 8 minutes Why do Atheists Insult Christians? Atheists insult Christians because atheists are insecure and being insecure atheists want to feel better about themselves and thus atheists insult those people who do not accept their belief that God does not exist because deep inside they know God really does exist. Their knowing God exists and yet denying […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes @Nickdrumr2 asks; “Given a choice of life or death, which do you choose? At the expense of an innocent child; I'd choose death. How about you and your God given morals?” Context of the Conversation Nickdrumr2 and I were tweeting about morals and I asked him, “Given a choice of life or death, which do […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes @Nickdrumr2 from Twitter asks: “You say god doesn’t order people to kill. But you also say he does. Please explain?” Clarification In order to answer this apparent contradiction, we must make a distinction between killing someone and committing murder. Murder is the unlawful taking of a life, while killing may be lawful or unlawful. Self-Defense […]
Reading Time: 8 minutes @annihilist from Twitter made the comment; “Knowing the topic isn't the same as knowing the content.” Annihilist and I were tweeting about what has become known as “TAG” or in full, The Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God. Matt Slick’s TAG is seemingly the one which gets a lot of attention by atheists claiming […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes justbekindtooall from YouTube asks; “Tell me how babies and people with mental disabilities, sin? What about animals, do they sin? Answer: First, let’s define what “sin” is. From the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary, the following are definitions of the word, sin: sin 1a : an offense against religious or moral law b : an action […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes FlyingFree333 from Twitter asked; “Why did God order the Slaughter of all Amalekites men and women, children and infants, etc. as described in the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel 15:3? Answer: Well, this question I’ve been asked a number of times in Twitter and the answer is in the Old Testament book of 1 […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes UncleWaddyHead from YouTube asks a number of questions about God; “Why doesn’t God not abdicate His godhood immediately?” Why would God, if he felt a need to create, and is omnipotent, AND opposed to tyranny, not create a race of equals, thereby negating his godhood and superior status once and for all? What is He […]
Reading Time: 17 minutes A number of my atheist friends have asked how can such barbarous rules such as those in the Old Testament books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy come from a loving God. My atheist friends go on and ask me why I don’t follow the Old Testament laws and rules described in the Bible and they […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes UncleWaddyHead from YouTube asks: “Is God opposed to tyranny?” Let’s go to a couple dictionaries for a definition of “tyranny” so that we are all on the same understanding of what tyranny is. encarta.msn.com/dictionary tyranny noun Definition: 1. cruel use of power: cruelty and injustice in the exercise of power or authority over others 2. oppressive government: oppressive […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes God from the beginning of creation with Adam and Eve has placed into each of us a moral standard which He requests us to live by. Even without reading the Bible, you and I know right from wrong. We know what is good and what is evil. We know when we should do the right […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Does it ultimately matter if you are a “good” person or not? Only if God really exists and will judge you after your death does it certainly matter. So if God really does exist, shouldn’t you understand what being a “good” person means? Do you think that you are a good person? If so, […]