from Got Questions: God’s love, as described in the Bible, is clearly unconditional in that His love is expressed toward the objects of His love (i.e., His people) despite their disposition toward Him. In other words, God loves because it His nature to love (1 John 4:8), and that love moves Him toward benevolent action. [...]
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Is God’s love conditional or unconditional?
Posted in Biblical Teaching, Christian Living, Encouragement on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What is a Christian worldview?
Posted in Biblical Teaching, Christian Living, Encouragement on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
from Got Questions: A “worldview” refers to a comprehensive conception of the world from a specific standpoint. A “Christian worldview,” then, is a comprehensive conception of the world from a Christian standpoint. An individual’s worldview is his “big picture,” a harmony of all his beliefs about the world. It is his way of understanding reality. [...]
What is replacement theology / supersessionism?
Posted in Biblical History, Biblical Teaching, Discernment, Eschatology, Ezekiel 38, Jacobs Trouble, Judaism on January 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
from Got Questions: Replacement theology (also known as supersessionism) essentially teaches that the church has replaced Israel in God’s plan. Adherents of replacement theology believe the Jews are no longer God’s chosen people, and God does not have specific future plans for the nation of Israel. All the different views of the relationship between the [...]
Do the Dead Communicate with the Living?
Posted in Another christ, Apostasy, Biblical Teaching, Discernment on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
from The Discernment Research Group: Normalizing Necromancy Part 1 By Pastor Larry DeBruyn Have Heart: bridging the gulf between heaven and earth A Review and Commentary [Steve and Sarah Berger, Have Heart: bridging the gulf between heaven and earth (Franklin, TN: Grace Chapel, Inc., 2010) xxiv + 144 pages + Endnotes.] Read Herescope’s Introductory [...]
What is salvation? What is the Christian doctrine of salvation?
Posted in Biblical Teaching, Christian Living, Encouragement on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
from Got Questions: Salvation is deliverance from danger or suffering. To save is to deliver or protect. The word carries the idea of victory, health, or preservation. Sometimes, the Bible uses the words saved or salvation to refer to temporal, physical deliverance, such as Paul’s deliverance from prison (Philippians 1:19). More often, the word “salvation” [...]
Why should we read the Bible / study the Bible?
Posted in Biblical Teaching, Christian Living, Encouragement on January 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
from Got Questions: We should read and study the Bible because it is God’s Word to us. The Bible is literally “God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16). In other words, it is God’s very words to us. There are so many questions that philosophers have asked that God answers for us in Scripture. What is the purpose [...]
The Night of Nights
Posted in Biblical Teaching, Christian Living, Encouragement on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
from Guarding His Flock: by Pastor Larry DeBruyn for Christmas As reenacted in nativity scenes and Christmas pageants down through the history of western civilization, this story, in various ways, whether in part or whole, is told: God promised Israel a coming Messiah. God chose a teenage virgin to be the mother of Israel’s promised [...]
Why should I read the Old Testament?
Posted in Biblical History, Biblical Teaching, Christian Living, Encouragement on December 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
from Got Questions: The Bible is a progressive revelation. If you skip the first half of any good book and try to finish it; you will have a hard time understanding the characters, the plot, and the ending. In the same way, the New Testament is only completely understood when it is seen as being [...]
If I am saved and all of my sins are forgiven, why not continue to sin?
Posted in Biblical Teaching, Christian Living on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
from Got Questions: The apostle Paul answered a very similar question in Romans 6:1-2, “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?” The idea that a person could “trust in Jesus Christ” for [...]
Why is it important to believe in biblical inerrancy?
Posted in Biblical Teaching, Christian Living, Encouragement on November 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
from Got Questions: We live in a time that tends to shrug its shoulders when confronted with error. Instead of asking, like Pilate, “What is truth?” postmodern man says, “Nothing is truth” or perhaps “There is truth, but we cannot know it.” We’ve grown accustomed to being lied to, and many people seem comfortable with [...]
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