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: 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: 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 Juan, asked me in email an excellent question, “Do Christians depend upon Specified Works?” The good news everyone needs to understand is God’s great love for you provided to us Christ Jesus who did all that is needed for you and me to be with Him forever in Heaven. There is nothing at all you […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Do I Deserve to go to Heaven? This question I ask myself almost every day and sometimes multiple times a day. As I’ve gotten older, I find myself asking it more often. The answer is always the same. The answer I know each time before I ask myself yet I continue to find myself asking; […]
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: 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: 2 minutes “Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.” Psalm 107:43 “Who are you and I but a vapor that is visible for a moment and then vanishes for you and I do not know what tomorrow brings.” James 4:14 “For we also once […]
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: 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: 4 minutes Here are just a few recent headlines that come nowhere close to describing today’s issue of suicide: • A Princeton University Spanish teacher committed suicide in Chelsea after the Ivy League school failed to renew his contract. • A man shot and killed his girlfriend and two 5-year-old twins before turning the gun on himself […]