Christianity - Recent Questions and Answers
Living the Christian life in today's convoluted world can appear to be quite difficult. There are so many
things demanding our attention on a moment by moment basis. Many of which...
What I Learned Outside of Church…
Where is your faith?
I didn’t make it to church but, being a part of such an organized church, the weekly readings are easily found online. So, ...
How would you characterize Jesus cultural type: teacher, philosopher, prophet, hero, martyr, or something else?
You could characterize Jesus cultural type as all of the above be...
First thing first of being a christian is excepting Jesus as your personal savior and believing that he died on the cross for you and the rest of the world. Jesus is the key , you ...
It is a common trend these days, the time tested Sunday morning ritual marred by the phrase, "Church is boring!" In the past we may have been able to contain this phrase to a par...
Faith is Logical: How Science and the Bible Coincide
Faith is belief in God, while logic is reason. If there is not a reason, obviously, there is not an explanation. There are peo...
There are many people in the world that are interested in reading the bible and want to have a more understanding of what is entailed therein; however, they do not know which book ...
Healing of a Man Born Blind
The word of God in the book of Isaiah 9:6-7, God spoke to the people of Israel through prophet Isaiah, that Jesus will be born. Isaiah told them that...
Studying and applying what you study in the bible can ensure peace and happiness
to your life. The scripture at Proverbs 2:10-12 says: "When wisdom enters into your heart
...disc...
Unwanted conflict threatens individuals and organizations. The need for overcoming unwanted conflict is at an all-time high.
Marriages are falling apart at ever accelerating rat...
One of the great challenges in reading the Bible is sifting through multiple layers of relevance in the gospels of Jesus. Recently, I was reflecting on the story of the woman at th...
As our bus pulled up to Northfield Mountain, our captain turned to us as she pointed to the cemetery outside the window and said, “That is where they bury the runners that do not m...
In life, you often find yourself in places, situations, and jobs that are not exactly everything that you hoped. "Resent," "scorn" or "despise" are a fair description of what goes ...
According to the Ten Commandments found in Exodus 20, it is clear that we are to have no other gods besides the true God. In verse 4 where we are told specifically not to make idol...
Weddings are big business today. Girls start dreaming of their wedding day before they even begin dating. Although some couples prefer to have a traditional Christian wedding cerem...
My birthday last year had special meaning. A relative gave me a rare gift of a bracelet that contains the scripture passage from II Corinthians 13:13 which read . . .The greatest ...
As an adult child of an alcoholic father, “growing up” requires an additional step in the maturation process: acceptance, i.e. accepting our alcoholic fathers. This step, as I have...
The elusive holy grail for numerous Christians is finding God's will. Many Christians live frustrated and resigned lives believing they will never walk in the green pastures that ...
For too long we in the church have allowed the philosophers and opponents of Christianity to reduce what we call faith to little more than a ticket to paradise when we die. Heck, ...
It is easier to understand the Bible if you remember it is written conversationally like our own modern language. There are a few exceptions such as Proverbs which is more like a l...