The murmurings about Jesus continue in the Gospel of John, chapter 7. Some people believed him, some didn't, some refused even to admit he was believable. In the midst of all this controversy, a few asked a relevant question, “Will the Messiah do more than this man?” Skepticism abounded, anger [...]
Who doesn't like free stuff? My mother loved every discount she was entitled to, and I certainly take advantage of my military discount when available. Although I wouldn't compare our desire for shopping discounts with the need for food the people in first century Palestine may have encountered. Would you [...]
Despite resistance from materialists within the scientific community, Einstein's theory of relativity along with discoveries in astronomy during the twentieth century indicate that creation had a beginning point. What we now call the Big Bang may have its detractors, but evidence strongly supports it. Though less scientifically verifiable, a bigger [...]
Perhaps we've come a long way from shunning a woman with a reputation to a song a few years back with the line, “I don't give a ____ about my bad reputation.” There's more hope for a woman shunned than one who doesn't care. Considering what happened in John 4, [...]
If there were such a thing as a “believing agnostic,” Nicodemus would be one. On the one hand he provides the reader with a most unusual witness. He is a Pharisee who admits what others refuse to say publicly: “We know you are a teacher who has come from God, [...]
Several weeks ago I read an article by a lawyer who had some doubts about global warming. He admitted that he wasn't a scientist, but as a lawyer he was accustomed to cross examination; he believed that was demanded when some people made assertions not founded in good thinking. Today [...]
In the Beginning In the first chapter of the Gospel of John two men speak to us. The first is the Apostle John. One of the twelve apostles, he wrote this Gospel as well as three epistles and the Book of Revelation. His close association with Jesus provided him with [...]
Books I'm Reading “Creed or Chaos” By Dorothy Sayers One article about Dorothy Sayers described her as a “Lady with a Sword.” She was a playwright, author of murder mysteries, poet, and Christian apologist. Her broadcast about the life of Christ, The Man Born to Be King, entered two million [...]
“For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slander.” (Matthew 15:19) Our church has been viewing a set of videos, The Truth Project. The teacher exposed one of societies' biggest lies: man is basically good. This belief ignores or just turns a blind eye [...]
To Free the Oppressed One of the more appealing statements that Jesus made comes from Luke 4:18-19 where he quoted Isaiah 61:1-2. He claimed the Spirit of the Lord anointed him to “. . . proclaim release to the captives,” and “. . . to set free the oppressed.” Humanity [...]
