Know What You Believe, and Believe What You Know
“For it is good that the heart be established by grace” (Hebrews 13:9).
Reuben was as “unstable as water” and therefore would not excel (Genesis 49:4). By contrast, John the Immerser was no “reed shaken...
This Much I Know: A “Know So” Religion from First John
Some say, “We can’t know anything.” Others seem to think they know everything. The truth is somewhere in the middle, for we can know the truth (John 8:32; 1 John 2:21), but we will...
Thoughts from the Heart
He Has Not Left that Open to Us
A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a...
Sincerity Is Not Enough
Make absolutely sure you are right, and then sincerely practice it.
In Pursuit of Faith
Faith is the foundation upon which all the virtues are laid. It is the center from which the diameter of the Christian life is measured. It is the buoy from which the depths of...
Five Causes of Decline in Belief
Modern Philosophy.
After the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation, men were much freer to explore new ideas. Some began to question everything and believe in nothing. The British philosopher David Hume (1711–1776) argued that...
You Can’t Scratch Out the Eyes of God
Once there was a little girl who lived on a large farm way out in the country. Almost everything the family ate was raised on the farm. Apples in the fall were a great...
Three Arguments for the Existence of God
Evolution has fashioned gods of its own design and named them Mother Nature and Father Time.
James Hewitt tells of a family of mice who lived in a large piano.
In their piano-world came the music...
Evidences of Jesus’ Death
As strange as it may sound, some unbelievers—in order to get around the miracle of the resurrection—have denied that Jesus actually died on the cross. Let’s explore the evidence…
The precipitate cause of Jesus’ death...