Basics of Christianity
5 Ways to Naturally Share Your Faith
Talking about our faith can be tough. How can we get started in sharing how someone can come to faith in God? The following five options offers some ways you can more naturally share what you believe. Try one and let us know what happens! Way #1: Ask, “What’s your spiritual background?” By asking about…
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Talking about our faith can be tough. How can we get started in sharing how someone can come to faith in God?
Read MoreHow Does God Use Evil for Good?
How does God work in times of trouble? How does God use evil for Good?
Read MoreThe Exceeding Sinfulness of Sin
“Let us mark what kind of Being the Redeemer of mankind must needs be, in order to provide eternal redemption for sinners. If no one less than the Eternal God, the Creator and Preserver of all things, could take away the sin of the world, sin must be a far more abominable thing in the sight of God than most men suppose.”[1]
Read MoreI Believe, Amen
Having spent nearly a year researching and writing about the Apostles’ Creed, I find myself strangely reluctant to see it come to an end. But end we must, because we have reached the final word, Amen. Amen, as Donald Cole explains, is a Hebrew word that can be translated “Certainly!” or “It is so!”[1] Apostles’…
Read MoreOne Holy, Catholic Church
“The church is not where we meet or what we do; it is who we are!”
Read MoreIs Believing in God Enough?
James’ epistle has always been considered a very practical approach to our faith. He still affirms that we are saved by faith alone, but if works are not coming in response to our faith, it is a dead faith. It is important to understand that James and Paul are not in conflict with each other.
Read MoreI Believe in Jesus… Dead
Did Jesus die? Of the reality of the death, there is abundant evidence. It is recorded that, after six hours of suffering on the cross, Jesus gave up the ghost. The soldiers did not break His legs as they did in the case of the malefactors, because they saw and pronounced Him dead already; but…
Read MoreApostles’ Creed: Maker of Heaven and Earth
Who—or what—is God, this one the Apostles’ Creed identifies as the “Maker of heaven and earth”?
Read MoreThe Apostles’ Creed: I Believe in God
The first four words of the Apostles’ Creed, “I believe in God,” contain nothing that makes Christianity different from most other religions. In fact, even demons would have no issue with them: “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble” (James 2:19).
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