If there's one trait that I think we need in order to be strong Christians in our world today, it's the courage to be disliked. At worst, we might even need the courage to be outright hated.
Of course, no one wants to be disliked or hated. That's why peer …
If you've heard a little about what Christianity teaches about the future, and have been paying attention to what's going on in the world over the last little while, you might be asking questions like:
If there's anything obvious about the world in 2020 and 2021, it's that fear of death is everywhere (especially in the media).
Incredible precautions are taken against an illness that kills only a very small percentage of people who get it, many of whom were already ill with other conditions …
One thing I've wondered about over the years is why most people who will be alive during the future seven-year Tribulation will worship the Antichrist.
We have many warnings in the Bible about false Christs, false prophets, and false teachers. We also have very specific details in the books of …
Given all that we're seeing in the world today, I suspect that at least some Christians are wondering if we're in the Tribulation: the period of seven years characterized by many divinely-sent disasters upon the Earth before Jesus returns to set up his Millennial kingdom.
My answer is no, we're …
Because of current events happening in the world lately, I thought a reminder regarding buying and selling is in order.
Revelation 13 describes two future world leaders, the "Beast" (a.k.a. the Antichrist) and the "False Prophet" religious leader who will endorse and support the Beast.
At some point …
Advent is the season of the church calendar leading up to Christmas. During this time, we remember when the Son of God became a human man named Jesus, about 2000 years ago, by being born from the virgin Mary, in order to eternally save all those who would put their …
With the rise of Greta Thunberg as a public figure it seems that many more people are paying attention to news about climate change. However, Christians should not look only to the news media or to scientists to inform our thinking on this issue. Instead, we should consider how climate …
One of the frequent objections that atheists or opponents of Christianity frequently raise is about all those times in the Old Testament when God kills people, or tells the Israelites to kill certain people.
These critics claim that a God of love would never act like this, that it is …
Have you ever heard that saying "Don't be so heavenly-minded that you're of no earthly good"?
I hate this phrase, for two main reasons:
So in …