At the end of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, the Messiah illustrates the dangers of building a house on a weak foundation (Matt. 7:24-27). Paul warns from the teachings of Christ that “other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 3:11). One’s faith must be built on…

Skeptics of the Bible wrongly assume that as scientific knowledge grows, the God delusions diminishes. However, the wager could easily be made that there are just as many Christians in the scientific community as there are atheists. Journalist, Lee Strobel, writes, “My road to atheism was paved by science… but, ironically, so was my later…

Last week, this series discussed how mankind thinks they have outgrown the need for God, and Christians now must defend not only the doctrine of God but also the existence of God (1 Peter 3:15). Contrary to what many skeptics believe, Christians do not create the proof of God’s existence; They simply show the proof…

The English poet, Thomas Hardy, wrote a most extreme poem sometime between 1908 and 1910 in which he imagined himself attending God’s funeral. The editors of “The Fortnightly Review” first published the poem in March 1912. It was later included in the “Lyrics and Reveries” section of his November 1914 collection entitled “Satires of Circumstance,…

The world commonly misrepresents the kingdom and the church, but how and in what way? Numerous churches teach that the kingdom will be established after Christ returns to reign on earth for a thousand years, usually taking their teaching from Revelation chapter 20. A few groups will claim that Christ never intended to establish the…

Secular scholars of the Restoration Movement such as Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, who wrote The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement, claim that Alexander Campbell started the Church of Christ movement in the 1820s. As such, several in the Church of Christ have been mockingly called “Campbellites.” Those same members of the church usually…

God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit exist as “one.” Jesus said to His disciples, “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30). Practically and logically, this concept introduced by Christ has proven to be very difficult for people to wrap their minds around. The scriptures reflect this statement of Christ…

Most people who claim to be Christians will obviously oppose such atheistic philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Gabriel Vahanian, or A.T. Robinson who have all publicly written of God’s death by either science, technology, or philosophy. Many philosophers and scientists have joined in the chorus to sing the monotone notes that God is dead. While…

Fathers hold an irreplaceable influence in all humanity. Sigmund Freud believed that humanity’s need for a powerful father figure manifested in the creation of Jehovah God. While Freud was tainted by his time and bias, the famous psychoanalyst understood that the way people see God can be affected by their desires from fathers. What society…

When people think of love, they may consider all the variety of relationships in the world, memories of romance and family time, recollections of kindness from strangers or the best of times with close friends. However, the ultimate connection to love comes from the Heavenly Father who first showed the world love before humanity understood…