I've spent a lot of time listening to Joseph Prince. I like the guy. Unfortunately, I feel the need to caution most believers to avoid listening to him.
Every now and then someone asks me whether I think God “calls” people into ministry… that is, whether God speaks to certain individuals and tells them to make ministry their full-time work.
When I was a teen, I went to a church in a Seattle suburb. Another church down the street had a split over doctrine. They were Seventh-Day Adventists.
The beatitudes is the name given to a portion of Jesus’ teaching that talks about being blessed. They are a section of the Sermon on the Mount, considered by many – both religious people and non-religious alike – to be some of the most profound words in history.
If Christianity is true - and I'm convinced that it is - then everyone who teaches something different is incorrect. That doesn't mean that every non-Christian is a false teacher.
The Bible has a lot to say about false teachers. Apparently, it was a serious problem in the first century. It's a serious problem today as well. How can we identify false teachers?
My Statement of Faith, in detail. It's a work in progress. If you don't see what you want to know, feel free to ask.
Matthew asked: Is God happy with his people having Christmas trees and celebrating Christmas? I suppose the answer to your question is, like so many other answers, "it depends." I don't think God cares one way or another about trees being used for such things.
There are a lot of Bible verses about love. Some tell us what God is like: God is love. Some tell us what to do: love your enemies. There's a verse about love that's very precious to me, and I'd like to spend a few minutes on it:
In another article I outline the questions that God asked Job. In response, M Johnson wanted to know how many questions Job asked God. Well...not nearly as many. Here's the much-shorter list.
