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. ...
'The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.' Revelation 20:14b-15. If the Lake of Fire, and final judgement in the book of Revelation is the second death, then...
In Romans 8:15 it describes something we know as sonship. 'The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”' Sonship is a...
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...
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 are three obvious places that list gifts in the New Testament: Romans 12:6–8 - The Motivational Gifts 'We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving,...
