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The Problem of Evil
If God created everything where did evil come from? How could an all-knowing, all-loving, and all-powerful God create evil? Why would an all-powerful, loving God allow evil to continue to exist? The problem of evil is one of those topics that is among the hardest to answer for a Christian apologist. This is an issue that has been debated for centuries and will continue to be debated until the end of time. The argument goes…
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Happy New Year
I would like to take a moment to wish you all a very happy New Year! Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV): “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. May God bless you all!
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The Thief on the Cross
Are you somebody who has struggled with faith and feel that because you have been questioning God for so long that you have missed your chance at salvation? Do you feel as if God has turned His back on you because of your stubbornness and unwillingness to turn to Him? Do you feel as if you have sinned so badly that God will not accept you? I have Good News for you, today we are…
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The Debate Between Faith and Works
Are we saved by faith alone through the grace of God, or are we saved by works? Is salvation found in the belief in Jesus and his work on the cross, or do we need to work our way into heaven? These questions have been debated for years, and the Protestant reformation was partly based on a difference with the Catholic Church on this issue. It’s a debate that still rages on today, and both…
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Merry Christmas
Today we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ and I just want to say to all of you Merry Christmas and may God bless you! Here is Luke 2:7-20 from the ESV: 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch…
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Lex Talionis
“Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.” Deuteronomy 19:21 ESV ” But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Matthew 5:39 ESV Skeptics claim that the God of the Old Testament is different from the God of the New Testament. The God of the Old Testament is a spiteful, vengeful, violent God in their minds and…
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Jesus Wept
There are two instances in the Bible where we read that Jesus wept. I find these passages to be very powerful because of what they tell us about Jesus’ humanity. The first time Jesus wept was in John 11:35 when Lazarus died, which simply states “Jesus wept.” This is famously the shortest verse in the Bible and to me this is intentional, it is meant to draw attention to Jesus’ human side. The words were…
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Why Does Matthew Say Jesus Would be Called a Nazarene?
“And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.” Matthew 2:23 ESV When I first became a Christian and I started to read the Bible I came to this verse and then I did what I always did when I got to a fulfilled prophesy, I looked it up in the Old Testament. Or should I say I…
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Not My Will, But Yours, Be Done
“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” Luke 22:42 ESV These are the words Jesus prayed to the Father as his arrest, trial, and execution were drawing near. Luke also tells us that He was in such distress that His sweat became like drops of blood and an angel came down from Heaven to strengthen Him. What we have here is a picture of pure…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to everybody out there. Psalm 100 (ESV): Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! 5 For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 69:30 (ESV): I will praise the name…
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How great the chasm that lay between us.
How high the mountain I could not climb.
In desperation, I turned to heaven,
And spoke Your name into the night.
Then through the darkness, Your loving kindness,
Tore through the shadows of my soul
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