Remembering 9/11

On the day before the 10 year memorial of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the White House, I felt I needed to say something about this horrific incident. I remember I was working out that day, lifting weights at the local YMCA gym.  There were two large televisions presenting the [...]

Discovering the Historical Jesus part 10

Test #3:  What additional historical evidence supports the Jesus of the Bible? The Bible can be investigated historically.  The writers named cities, kings, religious rulers, battles, and important people that can be verified or denied by archeology and written historical records. As mentioned earlier, historian Dr. William Ramsay said the following about Luke (wrote Book [...]

God’s Plan for Evil and Suffering Part 7

God will eventually end all suffering and evil People ask, “Why doesn’t God just stop all evil now?”  Just because He hasn’t doesn’t mean He won’t.  Criticizing God for not doing it now is like renting the first two DVDs of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and becoming angry at JR Tolkein for not [...]

God’s Plan for Evil and Suffering Part 6

God can use suffering to accomplish good This is not to say suffering is good but God can use it to accomplish good.  We read in Romans 8:28, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Paul writes [...]

God’s Plan for Evil and Suffering Part 5

I examined Atheism and Pantheism (part 3 & part 4) concerning the problem of evil, so it is appropriate for Christianity to take the stand.  I will show the Bible contains the answers hurting people are looking for.  Where Atheism and Pantheism fail, Christianity gives us real answers to a real problem.  My first point [...]

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