I Believe In God, But…
I hear it all the time: I don’t want to give up sex or quit drinking. I’m not ready to settle down. I just graduated. I work on Sundays. My friends or my family would all stop...
If I become a Christian, do I have to hate homosexuals?
I cannot count how many times I've had a conversation with someone claiming not to believe in God, the church, or religion because of the way Christians have acted toward them...
What is the Gospel?
Before “in the beginning,” all was the holiness and the light of God: God the Father, the Son of God, and the Spirit of God. And the Father said to the Son, Those who will...
What is the Christian life?
I want to address the question, what is the Christian life? I want to make an observation of the Lord’s purpose for Christians beyond saying the sinner’s prayer and planning...
What is prayer?
The more I learn about living the Christian life, the more I discover I am lacking. That isn’t to say that being a good Christian is impossible. It can, however, be unclear...
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...
Stepping into the light
If you’re new to Christianity, you’ve likely got a ton of questions. I also have little doubt that for each question, you’ve found several answers. That is the reason for the...
Do the churchless Christians (nones) have it right?
One of the first Christian groups I encountered as a new Christian was the churchless-Christian movement, otherwise known as the nones – as in, the type of church they prefer…...
Praise God, my daughter is saved!
I just saw my daughter get baptized this past weekend. There is a sentence I never thought I would write. Praise God, my daughter is saved! This week’s article is...
Bible heroes
Before I read the Bible for the first time, I knew there were many Bible heroes. What I did not know was what made them Bible heroes. Would you believe that every hero in the...
Church shopping
As new and/or soon-to-be believers, we soon must face the unenviable position of selecting and attending a new church. We must go church shopping. If you’re not yet sure how...
The number 1 rule of Christianity (part 2)
There will never be a shortage of evil people waving the banner of Christianity. History is full of examples. We can only really control how the outside non-Christian world...