The Armor of God Part 2 – The Breastplate of Righteousness
What is the Breastplate of Righteousness? “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual…
The Armor of God Part 1 – The Belt of Truth
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly…
The Armor of God – An Introduction
Does Satan really exist? A Barna survey in 2009 yielded these results: “Four out of ten Christians (40%) strongly agreed that Satan ‘is not a living being but is a symbol of evil.’ An additional two out of ten Christians (19%) said they ‘agree somewhat’ with that perspective. A minority of Christians indicated that they…
Can You Know God Exists through Personally Experiencing Him?
How can you know God exists? This isn’t really an argument for God’s existence. Rather it’s the claim that you can know that God exists wholly apart from arguments, simply by personally experiencing Him. This was the way the people in the Bible knew God. As Professor John Hick has said, for them God was…
The Offense of the Cross
“You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. ‘A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.’ I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever…
The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus as Evidence for the Existence of God
Where is the evidence of God’s existence in the Bible? Jesus of Nazareth was a remarkable individual by all accounts, John. New Testament historians have reached something of a consensus that the historical Jesus came on the scene with an unprecedented sense of divine authority, the authority to stand and speak in God’s place. He…
The Cross Plus?
In his book Cries from the Cross, Dr. Erwin Lutzer describes an encounter with a woman on an airplane. He noticed that she was wearing a necklace with a cross and commented, “Thanks for wearing that cross… We really do have a wonderful Savior, don’t we?” He then describes her reaction: “Surprised, she rolled her…
How Do Objective Moral Values Argue for the Existence of God?
If God does not exist, then it’s very difficult to find any objective standard of right and wrong, good and evil. In atheism, moral values are just byproducts of biological evolution and social conditioning. Michael Ruse, who is an atheistic philosopher of science from Canada, has said that morality is a biological adaptation; ethics is…
The Power of God
When was the last time you just sat down and thought about how very powerful God is? Most likely, if you are like me, the times when you think about it are the times when you realize your own weakness in some situation. I mean, mostly I think I can handle pretty much anything that…
How Does the Fine Tuning of the Universe Point to an Intelligent Designer?
Scientists once thought that whatever the initial conditions of the universe might have been, given enough time and a little luck, eventually intelligent life forms like ourselves would evolve. But instead, during the last fifty years or so, scientists have discovered to their surprise that the existence of intelligent life in this universe depends upon…
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