Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Tag: Christianity
Just so that you know, I come at this question from years of personal experience, though it's not a part of my life now and hasn't been for a long time. I'm going to discuss the pros and cons of indulgence, and then some scriptural considerations. THE PROS To discuss the “pros” first, I have … Continue reading MARIJUANA AND THE BIBLE: TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE?
I was born different. My bright ginger/red hair and masses of freckles ensured that I stood out in any crowd. They also gave anyone and everyone an opportunity to tease. This teasing, which came as much from my family as from anyone, had a profound and lasting effect on me. The perpetrators thought it was … Continue reading ON BEING DIFFERENT
I started my series with a look at some of the early non-Biblical references to Jesus Christ, which show that he was indeed a real person who lived at the start of the first century. So if anyone tells you he never even existed, it will be obvious that they do not know what they … Continue reading WHO IS JESUS? PT 2: GNOT A GNOSTIC
For the first twenty-eight years of my Christian life I believed the Pre-Tribulational view of the Rapture, being convinced that my favorite Bible prophecy teachers must be right about its timing in relation to other prophesied events. In fact, I was unwilling to even try to see it any other way, and there were certain Bible … Continue reading GET READY TO NOT BE RAPTURED!
I was raised in a time and place where I frequently heard that there never was such a person as Jesus Christ, and that the Bible was just a collection of myths which have been changed many times over the centuries, so that you can’t believe a word it says. I didn’t realize as I was … Continue reading WHO IS JESUS? PART 1: THE HISTORICAL JESUS
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 