God’s Holiness and Love Wins Part 2

Sustaining the Justice of God
In part one I showed there is no ultimate justice in four common belief systems.  In part two I will demonstrate Christianity is the only belief system that maintains God’s holiness and thus provides ultimate justice for all who commit moral wrongs.  Without hell God’s holiness is sacrificed and He is [...]

God’s Holiness and Love Wins part 1

Sustaining the Justice of God
Over the past few weeks Rob Bell’s book “Love Wins” has caused a stir within the walls of the evangelical church.  He has called into question the existence of hell and brought forth the ire of many pastors and scholars who accept the literal teachings of eternal punishment in the Bible.  [...]

The True Christmas Story

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The movie “A Christmas Story” is a hilarious account of a family getting ready for Christmas and all their misadventures.  It is one of my all-time favorite movies to watch during this time of year.  However, it falls far short of the true Christmas story.
Another favorite Christmas movie of mine is the “Charlie [...]

Saved by Grace through Faith

Last week, while teaching a class, I was talking about how we are saved by grace through faith and not by works.  I mentioned we have this sense that when we wrong someone we need to do something good.  An individual in the class asked where these feelings of doing good, whenever we do bad, come from.   [...]

Essential Doctrine 6: Jesus was resurrected from the dead

All Christians must believe Jesus died on the cross and on the third day was bodily raised from the dead. The Apostle Paul writes in 1 Cor. 15:17 “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.” Without the resurrection of Jesus, Paul says our faith [...]

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