Maralee asked: "How can I know that the info you have on this site is truth without researching every item individually by myself? How can you prove your credibility?" That's a very good question!
Someone recently pointed out that 'cheap Christianity' offends no one. Another responded by asking, "Why would you want your Christianity to offend someone?" Here are my thoughts.
It's time for another wrap-up...hard to believe it's been another year already! In 2012, GodWords welcomed a couple hundred thousand visitors, serving around a million web pages to people in almost every country and region of the world. Not bad for a little old website.
What I'm about to say about the Bible might shock you. In fact, I've never heard it taught in any church...ever. When you read it, take a moment to let it sink in:
The Old Testament is primarily about Judaism.
The New Testament is about Christianity.
Some like to say that there is no absolute truth. It's a fun mental exercise, but nobody - absolutely nobody - lives that way. How can I be sure? Try a little experiment...
This quote from noted theologian C.S. Lewis highlights a major problem for modern atheists: they borrow heavily from a worldview they reject. When thinking about the process of thinking, atheists assume that their brains can be relied upon to give good answers.
One of the hottest topics at GodWords is whether one needs to be baptized to become a Christian. This post is actually a comment...I replied to a commenter, and thought it would be useful to post it here as well.
To be a disciple of Jesus Christ is not only to embrace the One who is Truth, but to love - infinitely, as He loves - those who despise the Truth as well.
This is a topic that generates a LOT of heat. With strong opinions on all sides, my goal is to avoid replying with the traditions of men (and women), and to stick to Scripture. I'm proud of GodWords readers, because - when you disagree - you generally disagree with class.
Anonymous GodWords Reader asked: "Does the Bible refer to Peter's wife being martyred?"
Anonymous GodWords Reader asked: "Why couldn't [God] have created mankind with free will that also chose to love him and were righteous from the get-go?" An interesting question, to be sure. The answer is in the question itself: free will.
One simple reason is that we tend to think that God loves us for what we do. If God loves us because we're nice, it becomes easy to look down on mean people. If God loves us because we're generous, we have no trouble being critical of stingy people.
