Does God kill?
A reader once asked me a question I hadn’t heard in several years. It’s a question I used to ask a lot when I was still an atheist: Did God kill people in the Bible? Yes, God killed a lot of people. Now what? Does that mean… …there is a God whose ways I question or...
What is chastening?
Now that we are Christians, we can expect all rainbows, sunshine, and smooth sailing in our lives, right? Isn’t that what the Bible says? Actually no. The Bible says we should expect tribulation from the world, and chastening from the Lord. Though God’s chastening is...
What is sanctification?
In my first few visits to my local church, I encountered more than one word that I did not really understand. One of the first words that sent me to the dictionary was the word sanctification. Sanctification is one of those dog whistles that pastors expect everyone in...