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 …
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 …
Christian Socialism
I have been fascinated for some years now by the efforts of many Christians to sort out who they are, politically. For the longest time, they were nobody. Then came Jerry Falwell and the Moral …
Christian Holidays #24
Why does God hide himself? Why not come right out and reveal himself to man? If there is something he wants from us, why not say so? The answer is relatively simple. He did. Right …
Christian Holidays #23
One of the strangest things about the Christian faith is that, somewhere back in the pages in history, most Christians forgot that Jesus was a Jew. Not only that, they forgot all his original disciples …