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How Can Salvation Be Free and Discipleship Be Costly?
Nov 2, 2020
Have you ever pondered the seeming contradiction in scripture that salvation is a free gift of God, but discipleship is costly? Isn’t being saved the same as being a disciple? How can they be both free and costly? I came upon this question in 1995 when I read John F. MacArther, Jr.’s book,
What is meant by the “Sin Nature” of Man?
Dec 3, 2020
I thought I would share a journal entry I made on January 29, 2019. I had just read Hebrews 4-5 and noted that I had written a margin note about free will, which said that it is the freedom to do what is in your nature to do. Recalling that I have argued that sin is a result of free will, and elsewhere acknowledged that man has a sin nature.
The Gospel – The Solution to Man’s Greatest Problem
Dec 23, 2020
Romans 1:16 states, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” The Gospel. You have heard of it. Some of you all your lives. But, do you know what it is, what it means?
A Look at Other Major Religions/Worldviews and a Comparison to Christianity
Apr 8, 2021
I wanted to call your attention to a recent update to the body of this website. My grandson Andrew, after reading through it suggested I add a section addressing the question, “With various religions, how does a person know which one is true?” So, I decided to add that question to the Dealing with Difficult Questions section of this website.
HEAVEN’S GREAT DEBATE – Should God create the world and mankind or not?
May 24, 2021
What if God called representatives from heaven’s intelligent beings together to discuss His proposal to create the universe, earth, and mankind. This is the way it might have gone:
The Wrath of God Revealed
Nov 3, 2021
Romans 1:18, “For the wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.” Let me ask you a question. Do you fear God? The Bible says that “The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord.”
Is Hell Everlasting Punishment or Something Else?
Feb 4, 2022
“Every quest for the truth must have the wisdom to eliminate what we prefer to be true as well as what we prefer not to be true in order to discover what is actually true.” (Source unknown) Scriptures on Hell
The Atonement – How the Cross Reconciled Sinful Mankind to Holy God
Feb 17, 2022
Atonement definitions: reparation for a wrong or injury. “she wanted to make atonement for her husband’s behavior” CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus Christ. noun: Atonement; noun: the Atonement Reparation definition
Does our “sin nature” mean we come into the world as sinners? No!
Sep 14, 2022
I have heard it said twice recently that we come into the world as sinners. I take great issue with this. Let me explain why. Almost all, if not all, Christians agree that we have a “sin nature”,
