Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Category: JESUS CHRIST
If my title has taken your interest, it's probably because the song, now famous for five decades, somehow spoke to your own experience. Perhaps that's one of the trademarks of a great and enduring song. To this day upon hearing just one line of the song, or the guitar intro, or one of those outstanding solo licks, I get shivers down my spine...
When you hear people protest that the Christian gospel was all constructed, exaggerated or augmented centuries after the time Jesus Christ lived is said to have lived in, or when you hear cultists say that the facts have been changed many times over the centuries and you need to leave your church and join theirs, you should know that these claims and accusations are unfounded.
Is the New Testament and the Bible we now read completely different to what was originally written, so that we can't rely on it? This is the claim of skeptics and cults alike, but there are answers to their accusations, and very good ones.
It's common to hear people complain that the Bible has been changed many times over the years, so that it's unreliable. This is the way many people attempt to dismiss all that Scripture tells us, and sometimes to shut us up. The temptation for the undetermined believer is to then be silenced, or to abandon the testimony of Scripture and go it alone.
The subject of healing within the Christian world is huge and nebulous: this post is intended to be a broad comment and not a detailed or exhaustive analysis. It's also intended for people who are genuinely seeking facts and who may be disillusioned because what they see doesn't match their expectations.
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 