Tag: belief
Biblical Principle #72: Faith is Necessary to Please God
Biblical Principles List Principle Faith is necessary to please God. Explanation The Bible asserts that faith is necessary to please GOD: 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6 NIV We…
Biblical Principle #56: Faith is Action Driven by Belief in the Unseen
Biblical Principles List Principle Faith is action created by one’s belief in the unseen or unexperienced. Explanation Over the past 600 years, substantial debate has arisen around the concept of biblical faith. Sadly, over time, the biblical concept of faith has been replaced with a diluted half-truth. Today, most people think that faith simply means…
Is Jesus GOD’s Son? (3 Pieces of Evidence)
A key belief of the Christian faith is that Jesus Christ is the Son of GOD. But what evidence do we have to assess this claim? It is wise to ask questions like this. It is wise to research and consider all the evidence yourself. By contrast, it is foolish to question or doubt the…
Is Jesus Dead?
Is Jesus dead? No, Jesus is very much alive today. In the months leading up to His crucifixion, Jesus repeatedly foretold what would happen—that He would be betrayed into the hands of the Jewish religious leaders, that He would die and that He would arise from the grave after three days and three nights. From that…
Top 10: Reasons I Believe the Bible is GOD’s Word
Many people wonder if the Bible can be trusted. Is it really divine or a collection of stories, fairy tales, myths and legends meant to appease some innate need for religion. The Bible plainly states that faith is required in order to please GOD (see Hebrews 11:6). Therefore, we can rest assured that the Bible…
If I (Only) Had 5 Minutes With You
Suppose for a moment that you had a captive audience with any living human on the planet that you didn’t already know. If you had five uninterrupted minutes—but only five minutes—with them where they would listen to anything you had to say, what would you say to them? Here is what I would like to say:…
Biblical Baptism, Part 17 (If a person dies on the way to be baptized, will they be saved?)
If baptism is required for salvation, what happens if a believer gets killed on their way to be baptized? Will that person be saved? Welcome to part 17 of my biblical baptism series on baptism. Since these posts build on each other, here are links to the previous posts, in case you need to catch…
A Letter to Jesus (Asking Questions About Things I Don’t Understand)
One day my heart was heavy, so I wrote the following thoughts as though I were writing to Jesus. I feel that, in time, GOD helped me better understand the answers to my concerns. If you’d like to understand the increased clarity I received, I explain in this series of posts. … Jesus, Where do…
Separating What is from What Should Be (The Problem with Modern “Christianity”)
Do you find it difficult to translate what you read in Scripture into modern Christendom filled with denominations? I think this process—I refer to the process as “separating what is from what should be”—is one of the most challenging aspects of being a Christian today. When we read the New Testament, Christianity seems so clear…
Stop Praying for What’s Already Been Given (Things We Pray for That GOD’s Already Promised)
In a previous post, I opined that we should stop praying meaningless phrases that have become habit. If we want prayer to have its optimal effect in our life, we need to be thoughtful in what we say to and ask of GOD. In this post, I want to look at two specific common prayer requests…