Category: Faith
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How Now Shall We Live
As a new Christian you may be wondering – how now shall I live, what is expected of me and how do I follow Jesus?
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Do Not Get These Two Things Wrong!
You are an eternal being, you will exist forever and you must choose where you will spend forever – with God or in His absence in torment.
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Qualities that make God trustworthy: Goodness, Wisdom, Sovereignty
When our world is shattered, and we are left standing in the ruins of our expectations, trust becomes the most difficult yet most necessary response. In the midst of suffering, we are faced with a choice—will we trust that God is who He says He is? Can we still believe that He is good,…
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Is it ok to be angry with God?
The next chapter in the series Trusting Go in the Storm –Is it ok that I was angry with God? That is what I felt following the loss of our daughter. Lets explorer the subject.
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Feeling What Job Felt – Learning What Job Learned
The next chapter in the series Trusting Go in the Storm – Waiting for God to answer the “WHY” in a tragic loss we reflect back on the ordeal Job went through when he lost everything. What can we learn about suffering from Job?
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When Your World is Turned Upside-down
Why does God permit suffering? What happens when tragedy strikes and the foundation of our world is rocked to its core? Read about how this author is learning to trust God in the storm.
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Understanding Baptism and Salvation
The idea of being “saved” is central to Christianity, yet it remains unclear or even confusing to many people. Christians often speak about salvation, but what exactly does it mean to be saved? Saved from what? And how does someone receive this salvation? What role does baptism play in the saving?
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Reasoning God’s Existence from First Principles
As skepticism and secularism gain more traction in our world today, establishing a rational defense of belief in God and Jesus Christ has become increasingly important. The principles of first principles reasoning, foundational to philosophy and science alike, offer a compelling avenue to ground such an argument providing convincing reasoning for this belief.
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Why Become a Christian
Considering Christianity? So many of our days are spent making small choices. Paper or plastic. Oatmeal or eggs. But every once in a while you hit the kind of question that will not leave you alone. Why am I here? Is there a God who knows me? What happens when I die? I have…
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How to Trust God and be Saved
Introduction Those who trust God placing their faith in the saving work of Christ are called Christians. The term ‘Christian’ literally means “Little Christ” and was first used to describe Christ followers in the first century. Acts 11 tells us that in Antioch, after Barnabas and Paul taught the disciples for about a year,…
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Five Lessons from David and Goliath
No Armor Required What lessons can the story of David and Goliath tell us? Sure – this is a commonly known Bible story. I first learned it when in grade school as my Sunday school teacher put pictures of David and Goliath up on a flannel board (do you remember those). Of course this…
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What is the Gospel and Why It Matters
“What is the gospel?” This question gets to the very centrality of the Christian faith. The word “gospel” literally means “Good News”. To understand the gospel is to grasp and believe the narrative of redemption, and the symphony of grace and love that God extends through the work of His Son. Understanding is just…
