Category: THEOLOGY
The Rocks Cry Out
An old friend invited me years ago to attend an Institute for Creation Research (ICR) field event at the Grand Canyon. One highlight of the trip was hiking into the canyon with an ICR scientist who interpreted what we saw from the perspective of a catastrophic...
What if They Found the Bones of Jesus?
Are Jesus’ bones buried somewhere in Israel? Does it really matter? If archeologists definitely demonstrated that they had found the bodily remains of Jesus, what difference would that make? In 1 Corinthians 15, the Apostle Paul was responding to some people who were denying that there...
Ask Edwards: Why Should I Care About Hell?
And these will go away into eternal punishment (Matt 25:43a). Jonathan Edwards (1703 – 1758) believed in the eternity and torment of hell. “What is there in this world, which is not a trifle, and lighter than vanity, in comparison with . . . enduring...
His Father and Ours
We probably all have a story of accidentally leaving a child behind somewhere. Maybe you arrived home from church with one less child. I once knew a guy who left his wife behind at a rest stop. Accidentally. When twelve-year-old Jesus was left behind at the...
The Final Trip Around the Sun
Well, it’s the new year. We made it around the sun again. The inhabitants of Earth make the full circuit once every year—365.25 days, or 365 days and 6 hours (which explains why we observe Leap Year and add a day every four years). If you...
Fear the God Who Forgives
Consider the words of Psalm 130:3-4. 3 If you, O LORD, should mark Iniquities, O LORD, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. Three important truths stand out in this short passage:...
What If I Sin Again?
“I felt like a load of guilt just left me,” reported a friend who had just come to Christ in the hospital chapel. He had gone there in confusion and anguish over his wife’s illness, but also because of his wife’s pleas. He didn’t know what...
Daily Special: Redemption Through His Blood
A single individual’s salvation is part of a much bigger story about God’s activity in eternity past to save sinners. Paul wrote, “He chose us in him before the foundation of the world” (Eph 1:4a). A believer can say, “God knew me and chose me freely...
So What’s the Problem
A well-known Christian philosopher, Francis Schaeffer, was asked this question: if you had only one hour on a train to tell someone about Christ, what would you do? He answered that he would spend forty-five minutes showing him the problem, and fifteen minutes showing him the...
Christ’s Resurrection: The Dawning of the New Creation
Two ladies named Mary went to Jesus’ tomb early Sunday morning (Matthew 28:1). They weren’t expecting to see a risen Jesus, but to anoint his dead body with spices. First, they would have to figure out how to get that giant stone rolled away from the...
