In a large portion of the Christian church the claimed gift of speaking in tongues is held up as being almost supremely important to, and the sign of, a spirit-filled life. I'm going to examine this view today and in coming posts.
Category: FAITH
SHOULD CHRISTIANS TITHE?
Those who insist that we must tithe are regularly citing two Old Testament passages to support their claims. In the first Abraham, they say, gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything he had, long before the law was instituted...
WHEN SACRIFICE IS NOT PAGAN
One prominent bishop in the Church of England, said to be a "brilliant" man, has described the idea that God would sacrifice His son as being "pagan" and mistaken. Is he correct?
FREE WILL AND SUFFERING
The number one reason people will give for not seeking or believing in God, so I'm told and so I gather, is the amount of suffering in the world. If there really were a loving God, we think, there would be no wars. There would be no crime, no disease, and no hunger or poverty...
FREE WILL AND TIME
If we are just animals, and "stardust", and nothing more than material objects...trillions of independent atoms moving around in perfect harmony; thinking, planning, singing, writing...why is it that we care or even notice that time is flying by?
