About a month and a half ago, my son went out to dinner with a friend of his from one of the other group of God's churches. Over the course of dinner the topic of church came up, like it usually does when visiting with brethren. This …
Many people describe the prophetic words of God in Genesis 3:15 as “the Bible’s first prophecy”: God tells the Serpent, “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and …
A trip to the local Christian bookstore or a visit to an online seller to buy a new Bible often turns into a dizzying experience. Dozens of different translations confront the shopper. From the venerable King James Version and its …
(9) Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.
At first glance, there seems to be a number of contradictions regarding peace, peacemaking, and the Christian. Most commentators write only narrowly on peacemaking, approaching it almost entirely in regard to mediating between disputing …
What is truth? What is knowledge? I grew up in a household of scientists who could jabber on and on at the dinner table, and while they spoke with a lot of knowledge, the subject of truth never came up (unless it was to find out who ate the ice cream without permission). I studied physics and mathematics under numerous professors in high school and college, but truth never came up. So, what is truth? According to the semantic definition, truth is “a property of a sentence.” But it is not actually. One can say, “This sentence is a lie,” leaving others with a paradox: Is it or is it not? …
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