Doesn't Jesus' behaviour with the whip in the temple seem a bit out of character? Why would someone so caring, known for healing and forgiving, suddenly go kind of psycho? Well, sometimes a little more information changes everything. Here is some background information to do just...
Sometimes when you are talking about Jesus, people raise an objection to God's perceived fairness. 'What about all those people in the Congo jungle who never heard the gospel? Surely God isn't going to send them to Hell for not believing when they never had the...
Like many things in the Old Testament, they were a physical thing setup by God to help us get at (ie understand) a more complicated concept, which without the initial setup we would not have grasped. Indeed, even with the physical example to use as...
If God was the author of the Old Testament, and everything there is true and good, why did he send Jesus to change things and institute a new covenant, and with it the New Testament? It's a great question because it seems to suggest that God...
Most people don't read books more than once. Once you have read a book, say for example Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, you now know the story. You know the ending, the suspense is no longer there, the plot is unveiled and the literary features...
It is an interesting exercise to consider all the people in history who have lived and try to rank them in terms of greatness. Christians, and indeed many others instantly put Jesus at number one. That makes sense given how much the world has changed...
The Bible tell us that 'Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.' Hebrews 13:8. And later in the Old Testament we have God saying, 'I am the Lord, I do not change.' Malachi 3:6 One of the attributes of God in theology is his unumutable nature,...
Believers are encouraged to be devoted to Christ, and in line with that to partake in daily devotions, a time of reading the scriptures and praying. But consider this scripture from Romans 12:10 'Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.' (NIV) The...
There seems to be a trend, or a tendency in human nature to expect, desire or just more easily believe negative things. This is true of our own lives. For example, if a doctor tells a patient they have cancer and six months to live,...
Most people have been through things that are traumatic. Some are severe, like serving in war, or a childbirth that goes wrong, or being raised by abusive parents, or being bullied at school. Sometimes Christians are persecuted for their faith. Others are born at the...
