When people start speaking in unrecognizable languages, how do you know this is the spirit of God and not some other spirit? I don’t mean to put down anyone religious experience, but I think I …
Try the Spirits #1
How would you like to see God—to actually hear his voice? Yeah, I would too. At least, I think I would. Some people got close once. You remember the story from Exodus where Israel gathered …
Was the Law Abolished?
View PostThe Gospel of Luke #16
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief among the tax collectors, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was; and could not for the crowd, because …
Christian Mysticism
Why is that some Christian folk become involved in mysticism? It is utterly foreign to me, but has a strong appeal to some. It seems to be based on the idea of knowledge that is …
Doctrines, Creeds, and Dogmas
If you are a Christian, and a member of a church, your church probably has some set of beliefs that it expects all of its members to hold. That’s probably not as big a deal …
About the Jewish Sabbath #3
You know, it isn’t generally realized that even the non-Jews among the first Christians were already God-fearers and Sabbath keepers before their conversion to Christ. They had come to understand the God of the Bible, …
About the Jewish Sabbath #2
What did the first Christians believe about the Sabbath day? Did the first Gentile Christians see this important issue differently from the Jewish Christians of that era? An unusual group of Christians developed quite early …
About the Jewish Sabbath #1
What did the first Christians believe about the Jewish Sabbath day? Now, when I speak of the first Christians, I’m talking about those Christians who were alive and working while the New Testament was being …
The Gospel of Luke #15
…There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary. And he …