Romans 10:9-10
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20) Throughout my lifetime (+50 years) each year more people more often have been redefining definitions of institutions which for all millennia […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes From Formspring I was asked by an anonymous questioner the following question; “Why doesn't your supposed god just abolish hell rather than wanting a blood sacrifice?” This anonymous questioner posed two very valid questions framed in one; Why doesn’t God just abolish hell? And What’s the significance of the blood sacrifice and death […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Insecurity is a feeling of general unease or nervousness that may be triggered by perceiving of oneself to be vulnerable in some way, or a sense of vulnerability or instability which threatens one's self-image or ego. Insecurity may help to cause shyness, paranoia and social withdrawal, or alternatively it may encourage compensatory behaviors such as […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes LiveFreeOrDie1985 made this comment on one of my YouTube videos: Quote: When I look at the cross I see an angry blood thirsty wrathful God venting his anger on himself and not justice at all the bible says God is just. Explain to me how someone being punished for someone else’s wrong doing is justice. […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Do you really like yourself? Don’t just say, “Yes” without thinking for a few minutes about it. Take a few minutes and really seriously think about who you are right now by answering to yourself these questions. Be totally honest with yourself and answer these questions about yourself to yourself (I’m not listing): Do you […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Christopher Hitchens legacy to humanity falls short of what it could have been. A statement released by Vanity Fair late the night Christopher Hitchens died stated: “There will never be another like Christopher. A man of ferocious intellect, who was as vibrant on the page as he was at the bar,” Vanity Fair editor Graydon […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute ‘Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God's people who are […]
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: 2 minutes Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt. Daniel 12:2 Daniel 12:2 is a reference to the resurrection of both the righteous (those who accept God) and the wicked (those who do not accept God) although the […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The word “science” is used in many ways. Many secular humanists try to redefine science as “naturalism”—the belief that nature is “all there is.” In other words, by attempting to equate “science” (knowledge) with “naturalism” (a secular belief) they exclude the possibility of miracles before they even examine the evidence. But normal (operational) science deals […]
Reading Time: 11 minutes It’s been told to me by a number of atheists that there are contradictions in the Bible about Jesus’ resurrection within the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. I’ve pointed out their fallacy of taking out of context the verses by their leaving out or adding specifics when none is mentioned, stating omission is […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Could I be wrong? It depends upon what it is that I could be wrong about. For example, I’m often told by atheists that I am wrong to have faith in God because they don’t have faith in God due to their, “non-belief” clause. They then tell me that I’m not open-minded because I say […]