Posts tagged “Doubt”
Is hell real?
In 1741 Jonathan Edwards, pastor and future president of Princeton, preached a sermon about hell. Entitled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,”…
Proving facts
Army veteran John Crabtree was wounded in Vietnam and received military benefits due to his disability. One day he opened an official notification from…
Already clean
If you struggle to believe that God likes you due to the overwhelming evidence of your sinfulness, listen closely to Jesus. He told his…
Jesus is the way
Recently, I took my first-ever hike through the beautiful desert of southern Arizona. Think prickly pear and towering saguaro cacti, multicolored mountains, and a…
God leaves room for faith
The Bible tells us that faith is being sure of what we cannot see. So do you know what God often does? He hides…
Are you good?
Back in 2013, Oprah gave a commencement speech at Harvard where she revealed a question that she had been asked by President Bush, President…
Is Christianity all talk, or can you trust it?
I’m sitting in the class of one of my favorite professors. He’s tall with a voice that matches his size. For weeks, I’ve been…
Reexamining “Doubting Thomas”
Have you ever thought the disciple Thomas got a bad rap? Because he wanted proof of Jesus’ resurrection, he was dubbed a nickname that…
Jesus is worth it
I once witnessed a reluctant two-year-old who did not want to go up for the pastor’s children’s sermon. I could hear him rejecting his…
Life lessons from “The Chosen”
My husband and I have been watching the faith-based TV series The Chosen. While biblical scholars may take issue with some of the story…
The finish is worth it
The first generation of Christians was all but gone by the end of the first century. The apostle John was the only one remaining…
Not guilty
God never asked us to suspend rational thought processes in order to be Christians. That’s because there is a very close connection between logic…