Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Tag: The Church
The obsession in some circles with God's Holy Spirit is not at all a reflection of Biblical Scripture. Yes, the Spirit is one of the three members of the Trinity, but today's imbalance among those who consider themselves to be at a higher spiritual vantage point tends towards cultism and not true, first century Christianity.
People who regard themselves as Christians yet pay little or no attention to the Bible are getting their direction in life from somewhere else. It's coming from their church's doctrine and tradition, and from priests; It's coming from what their pastor tells them in his own "inspired" sermons, or from what other Christians tell them, or worst of all, it's coming from their own idea of what's right or wrong.
The now-proverbial "Prophetic Clock" continues to tick, perpetually approaching the upright, but never quite getting there. Perhaps we're experiencing some sort of time-dilation. One podcast title I saw the other day (clickbait) went beyond the norm and suggested that it's already "midnight". Some wag will soon re-label our timepiece, "The Pathetic Clock".
A professing Christian's stance on the nation and people of Israel demonstrates just how much or how little he or she seeks truth from the Bible. Surely, we wrestle not against flesh and blood...
Some Christians and theologians think that one of the only sins left to commit is to look forward to the coming of Jesus Christ. If you commit this one you're "sticking your head in the clouds"; you're "too heavenly minded"; you're "ignoring Christ's commission" and you just aren't living as a Christian should live. My first erudite, thoughtful and carefully considered response to such accusations is "Poppycock!" More precisely, it's unbiblical poppycock.
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 