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When You Can't Forgive Yourself
21+ hour, 35+ min ago (1001+ words) I know that God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself." Lots of people find themselves trapped in self-recriminations, overwhelmed by regret and sorrow for things they have done (or not done). They beat themselves up, often secretly hoping this…...
Gospel Truth or Fictitious Gossip?
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (863+ words) Dr. Michael Gleghorn provides good reasons to believe that the stories about Jesus were reliably preserved by his followers before being recorded in the Gospels. When I got back to my apartment, I immediately wrote down what had happened. I…...
Confessions of a Missionary Addicted to Porn
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1963+ words) Paul Rutherford explains the lies he believed and to which he was in bondage about pornography, until Jesus helped him achieve sexual sobriety. I am myself no stranger to the consumption of internet pornography. To be clear, consuming pornographic material…...
Cohabitation and Living Together – A Biblical, Christian Worldview Perspective
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1266+ words) Kerby Anderson takes a hard look from a biblical perspective at a common practice among Americans, cohabitation. Not only does he find it counter to biblical instruction for Christians, he finds that'living together in a sexual relationship'reduces the probability of…...
What Christmas Smells Like. And Us Too.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (750+ words) Sue Bohlin recently learned something new about biblical anointing oil, and why cinnamon is such a special fragrance. When you walk into our Tom Thumb grocery store, there's a flower display right inside the door. For weeks, they have had…...
The Value of Suffering: A Christian Perspective
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1061+ words) Sue Bohlin looks at suffering from a Christian perspective." Applying a biblical worldview to this difficult subject results in a distinctly different approach to suffering than our natural inclination of blame and self pity. "This article is also available in…...
Heresy: Nothing New Under the Sun
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1592+ words) Kerby Anderson provides an overview of some ancient Christian heresies that are still being embraced today: legalism, gnosticism, mysticism, and marcionism. In this article we address ancient heresies that still exist in only a slightly different form today. Jesus warned…...
Probe Live – Theistic Evolution
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (188+ words) Theistic Evolution is the belief that God used random, purposeless mutations and unguided natural selection to create the universe and our world. Some TE adherents believe God'had to have used evolution as His means of creation. Theistic Evolution is completely…...
Satan Loses—Every Single Time
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (893+ words) Someone commented on one of our articles about Satan. They said that many people, both believers and non-believers, feel that Satan holds the upper hand in life over Christ. Many reasons exist that could lead one to believe the devil…...
Satan: The Opposition, Not the Equal Opponent
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (385+ words) Terrence Harris reminds us why Satan and Jesus are not equally-matched enemies. My heart goes out to people who believe Satan is the equal opposite of Jesus Christ. Notes 1. Ezekiel 28:13-15 2. Isaiah 14:12-15 3. Revelation 12:4 4. Luke 10:18 5. Ephesians 2:1-2 6. Romans 8:11; Hebrews 1:3 7. 1 John 4:4 8. Romans 8:37 Terrence Harris…...