In our first article in this series, we looked at some helpful interpretive tips for understanding and applying the book of Proverbs. In this article, we'll take a look at the books of Job and Ecclesiastes. JOB | Wisdom for Struggling with Suffering If Proverbs sought to give us wisdom for living...
Albert Einstein once said, “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” Everyone wants to be wise. No one wants to be thought of as a fool. Yet former professor of biochemistry at Boston University, Isaac Asimov, lamented that “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers...
You can also listen to this article series here. In our first article, we looked at the apologetic and moral question of evil and God's existence. We saw that: Atheistic secularism cannot provide a satisfactory basis for moral evil - the reality of pain and suffering simply is. Evil does not...
You can also listen to this article series here. The problem of evil is one of the most significant and challenging objections to Christianity. How can a Good God allow such evil and suffering as we see today? It seems to be an insurmountable problem for Christians to face. Is there a way to...
Our world and culture today, especially in big modern cities, can tend to draw us all into the ‘rat race’ of careers and achievement. We find ourselves running after the images of the good life that are shown to us on TV, billboards, movies, tabloids and social media. Every day we are being...
Everyone has a worldview, but not everyone is aware of theirs. It's sort of like our belly button. We all have one, but very few spend much time examining their own. However, our worldview shapes so much about how we see, understand and act in the world around us. A worldview is made up of our...
In our first article, we considered the historical arguments surrounding Christ's presence in the Eucharist. We looked at many of the church writers throughout history and their statements concerning the Lord's Supper and saw that the modern Roman Catholic dogma of transubstantiation doesn't hold...
The Lord's Supper or Eucharist is one of the Sacraments which Jesus instituted for his Church to follow, and was meant to be a source of much blessing. However, there has been quite a bit of controversy over many different parts of this Sacrament between various denominations. It has been a major...
(Please Note: The title of this article is intended to be "tongue-in-cheek" rather than anything of a political statement of allegiance to a particular political party) It feels like we’ve lost ground and Christians face many trials in our present culture. It's no wonder so many Christians feel...
In recent times, with COVID mandates and restrictions affecting all areas of society, it has gotten a lot of Christians talking about Romans 13 and its application to the relationship between Church and State. I've seen many poor expositions of the passage and even more lamentable applications of...
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