Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! 2 Corinthians 13:5 English Standard Bible There’s a big movement within our culture of deconstructing institutions and …
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How is God Justified in Sending People to Hell?
What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not! Romans 9:14 CSB In the last article, we established that Hell is a place where the wrath of God is poured out on people that deserve it. I was recently listening to a Podcast on whether Hell was …
Read More »An Honest Question: Is Hell Real?
“Then he will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!… And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Matthew 25:41, 46 CSB I want us to …
Read More »Who Wants to be Joyful Forever?
You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures. Psalm 16:11 CSB Goodness, how easy it could be to just blow over this verse in the Bible just because it sounds so churchy it could be white noise! …
Read More »Biblical Theology Part 1 of 3
The next three articles will be sourced from my final paper I wrote for my Biblical Theology course. This is part 1 of 3 for us to explore what Biblical Theology is and the major themes that are seen throughout Scripture: Biblical Theology seeks to, “give special attention to the …
Read More »How do you know God exists at all? Part 2 of 2
Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and no one is like me. I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all …
Read More »How do you know God exists at all? Part 1 of 2
RC Sproul discussed that the two fundamental questions that are most common in apologetics (to give a reason for the faith) are ‘is there a God?’ and ‘is the bible true?’ I definitely agree and I’ll provide a link to youtube with more from him on the topic. He states …
Read More »What do you Treasure?
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 CSB The Bible is not big just a big rule book, it addresses our deepest issues. It’s funny, sometimes the deeper we can go into theological studies we can be standing too close to the picture and …
Read More »Does God do our bidding?
Commit your works to Yahweh and your thoughts will be established. Proverbs 16:3 CSB/Hebrew Interlinear Does God do our bidding? We’ve got this notion in American Christianity that God is just this figurative Genie from a Disney movie that is there at our beck and call for any time we …
Read More »The 23rd Psalm Part 3 of 3
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:5-6 ESV This is the last part of …
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