Category: APOLOGETICS

End-Times Introspect

End-Times Introspect

I spent the first two years of my Christian life telling my non-Christian friends and family that Jesus was coming back "in the next few years". That was forty-four years ago. Having been proven wrong at least in their eyes, apparently fulfilling their conviction that I was a gullible idiot, I could have tossed my Bible long ago in sheer embarrassment, had I allowed myself to be defeated. Thank the Lord, my faith persisted and I was blessed with a little insight, so that here I am still in love with my God and with all the Bible has to offer. Additionally, certain central facts relating to end-times prophecy have maintained my hope in the soon - coming of Christ, except perhaps with more caution.

Knowledge and Wisdom

Knowledge and Wisdom

People often use the words "knowledge" and "wisdom" without distinguishing between them. While the two are closely related, they don't have quite the same meaning. According to the Cambridge Dictionary wisdom is"... the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments". This is perhaps a definition of human wisdom at its best. You can have all the knowledge in the world but without wisdom you're prone to making mistakes.

The Good, the Bad and the Pitilessly Indifferent

The Good, the Bad and the Pitilessly Indifferent

If there's no God to decide what's good and what isn't good, who decides what's true and what isn't? Who decides what's right and what's wrong? In a world where God doesn't exist there can be no absolutes: there is no ultimate right or wrong except what humanity decides is so. "Good" and "bad" are entirely subjective concepts, and open to change. To paraphrase a certain president from not long ago, "Truth is fluid".

HOW TO BE A WINNER WHEN YOU’RE A LOSER

HOW TO BE A WINNER WHEN YOU’RE A LOSER

Some of the most difficult words of Jesus for us to accept - believers or unbelievers - speak of blessing and gain through loss, weakness and failure. "Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it" (Matthew 10:39). "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:3); "... many who are first will be last, and the last first" (Matthew 19:30).

What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

Why is it that simply believing in someone can make the difference between gaining eternal life and being eternally lost? Surely God doesn't expect us all to believe in someone we can't even see or hear? Surely scientists, historians and archaeologists of our time -the clever people - have all concluded that there is no God and that Jesus either didn't exist at all or was deluded or misquoted?