UNDERSTANDING YOUR TRUE IDENTITY IN CHRIST
The world does a really good job of making us think we’re the opposite of who God created us to be. For starters, the Bible says that all humans are made in His image (Genesis 1:26). Regardless of whether we’re believers or unbelievers, good looking or physically unattractive, disabled or abled, rich or poor, every […]
DOES SCIENCE DENY A HISTORICAL ADAM AND EVE? PT. 1
It all starts with Adam and Eve. The story of Christianity that has laid hold of the world for 2,000 years begins with a single couple who find themselves intimately connected to their Creator. Although their paradise habitation is sweet, the pair trades it away for a chance at taking God’s place as master of […]
DOES SCIENCE DENY A HISTORICAL ADAM AND EVE? PT. 2
SEE PART 1 FOR THE FULL CONTEXT OF THIS ARTICLE. Objection #2: “Modern humans are hundreds of thousands of years old.” When biologists discuss human origins, they believe that all our DNA can be traced to a single ancestor on both male and female sides, dubbed “Mitochondrial Eve” and “Y Chromosome Adam.” Unlike creationists, however, […]
HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS VIEW NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES?
Accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs) are becoming increasingly mainstream, both in science and popular culture. Movies like Angel Studios’ After Death (2023) and books like John Burke’s Imagine the God of Heaven are bringing this topic from the fringes into churches all over the world, not to mention the many NDE testimonies that consistently go viral on various social […]
ARE WE SAVED BY FAITH OR WORKS?
The word faith seems simple enough but understanding it can mean the difference between a liberating relationship with Christ, or slavery to religious ritualism. In today’s world, the word is colored with many different meanings. We often hear secular songs on the radio talk about “keeping the faith,” but faith in what? Or who? The […]
WHAT ON EARTH AM I HERE FOR?
Victor Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist who, after spending time in the Auschwitz concentration camp, wrote a book entitled Man’s Search for Meaning. The book is famous for describing the difference in the concentration camp between those who had some kind of meaning and those who gave up hope. The difference being that those who lost hope […]
WHAT IS HELL AND WHY DID GOD MAKE IT?
When people hear the word hell they typically think of funny cartoons with fiery rivers and devil characters running around with pitchforks. But hell is no joke, it’s quite possibly the most serious thing we could ever imagine. The Bible describes hell as a literal place of torment where people will experience God’s judgment for […]
HOW SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND THE TRINITY?
Who is God? That’s the question that the doctrine of the Trinity tries to answer. As Christians we believe that Jesus was fully human, but also fully God, manifesting the Creator’s true nature to the world. We also believe that the Holy Spirit, who proceeded from Christ and the Father, was fully God as well. […]
CAN WE TRUST THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST?
The most important aspect of Christian belief is that Jesus Christ died for our sins, and then physically rose from the dead. If this is true, any other fact about our world is dwarfed in comparison. If it’s false, then the Bible is just gibberish, but if the resurrection actually happened then you and I […]
SHOULD CHRISTIANS BE AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR FAITH?
One of the greatest lies that today’s culture believes in is that Christianity is based on feelings and emotions, but science is based on critical thinking and facts. But people might be surprised to learn that the God of the Bible actually commands people to question, use critical thinking, and investigate the claims that it […]