Disappointed Hope
By: Nancy Missler; ©2002 What exactly is hope? It’s an anticipation of something or someone. It’s a desire that is accompanied by confident expectation. It means looking forward to something, some occurrence, some condition. What happens when everything we think God has “promised” us doesn’t come about? Is our hope disappointed? One of the emotions…
How Do We Feel During the Dark Night of the Spirit?
By: Nancy Missler; ©2002 The feeling that we have been abandoned by the Lord is one of the most difficult emotions that we will encounter during the hard times. But does God ever leave us? Introduction The distress we feel during the dark night of the spirit is beyond anything that we have ever experienced…
What is the Dark Night of the Spirit?
By: Nancy Missler; ©2002 Nancy Missler suggests that the “dark night of the spirit” is where God focuses on our inward man, who we are, and does what is necessary to conform us to Himself. Our “Root System” There seems to be two aspects to the dark night. The dark night of the soul is…
Magic and Miracles
By: Dr. Norman Geisler; ©2002 What is the difference between miracles and magic? Dr. Geisler gives several telling points of differentiation. Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Problem of Definition 3 Supernatural versus Supernormal 4 Miracles versus Magic 5 Unique Biblical Miracles 6 Unique Biblical Prophecy 7 Notes Introduction Crucial to the apologetic use of miracles…
EL SAGRADO CORAZÓN DE JESÚS Y SUS PROMESAS
By: Carlos Tomás Knott; ©2002 Este es un artículo sobre la extraña devoción Romano católica llamada “El Sagrado Corazón de Jesús”. En todo el mundo Romano Católico uno puede encontrar devotos al Sagrado Corazón. Está basado en supuestas promesas hechas por Jesús a quienes reverencian Su corazón y muestran la imagen en sus puertas o…
The Way of the Cross
By: Nancy Missler; ©2002 God not only desires to make us holy, He also wants to conform us into His image by removing anything that would prevent His life from flowing through us. God accomplishes both these purposes by the cross. Nancy Missler explains. Deeper Death to Self In the dark night of the soul,…
What Happens After We Die
By: Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. Edwin Lutzer; ©2002 Dr. Ankerberg interviews Erwin Lutzer, pastor of Moody Church about the topic of death, and some of the ways people have tried to get information about what happens after we die. What Happens After We Die? Dr. John Ankerberg: One topic that people are always interested…
Am I Significant to God?
Question: I live in a town of over half-million people; I attend a major university with almost 30,000 students, and most of my classes have over a hundred people in them. I have been attending a local church which averages 1,200 at the morning worship service, and on Wednesday evenings attend the college group which…
What is the Role of Women in Church Today?
Question: Can you explain to me the following passages and their application to church life today? I have been given various interpretations and end up more confused. The passages are the following: 1 Corinthians 14:34 & 35; 1 Timothy 2:11 & 12. Answer: These two passages deal with women in the church. In Corinthians 14,…
Revelation and the Church
By: James McCarthy; ©2001 You can’t understand Roman Catholicism unless you first understand Tradition. And you can’t understand Tradition, unless you first understand the Catholic concept of the Church. Contents 1 Revelation and the Church 2 NOTES Revelation and the Church Roman Catholicism teaches that Jesus Christ revealed the Christian faith in all its…
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