Enoch seems like one of those Bible characters so distant to us, so different to us, and so close to God. We see the briefest of mentions in Genesis 5. A big list of names is given off, and when Enoch is mentioned it pauses...
The twelve apostles walked with Jesus, so they certainly saw him. Paul also saw Jesus, he had a specific encounter with Christ that actually left him blind, but additionally he was caught up to heaven. He wrote saying, 'Am I not free? Am I not an...
This article is for those who consider we are/might be in the millennium now. Considering the millennium is really only mentioned once in the Bible, in Revelation 20, it takes up an inordinate amount of the thoughts and time of believers today. So, here is to...
God is Merciful and Forgiving. God is also Omniscient; he knows everything. How can God forgive someone for a sin when, in his infinite knowledge, he already knows they will sin again? Our perspective of forgiveness is a bit two-dimensional, and we think of it in very linear...
The story of Cain & Abel is a story of competition, pride, jealousy, and ultimately about true motivations towards God and others. Abel had a good motivation towards God, made a true sacrifice, and God considered him righteous. Jesus said so in Matthew 23:35. But Cain...
During one of Jesus' visits to Jerusalem for the Passover, many people saw the miracles he did and wanted to follow him. But Johns gospel records the following: 'But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any...
Genesis 3 describes 'the Fall,' and event so cataclysmic on creation that the atomic bomb of Hiroshima pales into comparison. In one moment a bomb about ten feet long, called 'little boy' detonated and destroyed 13 square kilometres of city, and countless lives with it. ...
Little kids love to copy their fathers. If Dad is changing a tyre, a little boy has to be out there doing it too, even though they may not actually help in any way. There is something that makes them want to copy. Jesus, even as...
Sometimes people believe that the book of Genesis is confused...
It's easy to understand why people struggle with the idea of there being apostles. I think we are all wrestling with it, because it is what it means that we are wrestling with. For some, the wrestle is with the supernatural. Nobody today seems to have...
