Why I Believe there is a Creator
Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Hope? (Part 2)
If I find Atheism coming up short on what it offers for hope, Gentile Christianity has proven to be guilty to the opposite end of the spectrum. Listen: If you’re in dire need— a life and death crisis— and I promise you that I will return and give you relief from your burdens, from the stresses and tearing-down that many of experience on a daily [...]
Hey, Mister, Can You Spare a Moment to Talk About Hope?
I know a man whom I frequently hear using the expression “I hope…” when talking about having money for bills or some other situation that appears to look, if not outright bleak, then at least dubious as to any measure of positive outcome. I asked him once how he can hope when he doesn’t believe in the God who can satisfy one’s hopes, and he [...]
The Sovereignty of God, Hope, and “What Would Jesus Do?”
Nothing happens without God's permission. That, from my present understanding, means that all the bad stuff that happens during our life has been signed off on by Almighty God Himself. Modern-day Gentile Christianity has been trying to assure me throughout my life that any suffering is only temporary— that Jesus is due back at any moment and then things will be better... with the added [...]
Why SHOULD I Attend a Church or Join a Group?
These days, apart from my personal examination of the Bible and what plenty of people who believe themselves Christians say the Bible says and how I should take it, I refuel from the likes of Charles Stanley, Adrian Rogers’ Love Worth Finding, my friend Robert King, and more recently David B. Curtis of the Berean Bible Church in Virginia. But as far as finding [...]
