Most do not understand the Scriptures as though it were in a foreign language 14 But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means….
You cannot earn salvation, so how can these ideas be reconciled? 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ~ Ro 6:23 Some mainstream denominations claim that “once saved, always saved”, as though it were an event that…
Is self-examination only for Passover, or should we be examining ourselves prior to the Feast of Trumpets as well? The amount of energy necessary to refute b******* is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it. ~ Alberto Brandolini, software developer. I’ve written a lot about bad political leaders…
[Originally published as a Helium article 11 March 2009] Passover … is a Jewish and Samaritan holy day and festival commemorating God sparing the Israelites when He killed the first born of Egypt, and is followed by the seven day Feast of the Unleavened Bread commemorating the Exodus from Egypt…
I previously wrote about how T-Mobile could easily leave the US out in the cold as far as supplying communications technology in “World Strife, Israel at War, Germany Distances From USA Yet Again, What Is the Solution?“, where I noted that they ended a Verizon contract after concerns when they…
I’ve had but a little interest in the goings on in Scotland with the recent vote for independence from the UK. However, I stress “little” for a good reason. Either way, the UK is weakened, and that is the real point.
6 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself…
God is omniscient, yet we often act as though we are the ones with all knowledge. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of…
Is there a dilemma between God’s omniscience and human free will? [Originally published on Helium 23 February 2009] dilemma: …a problem that seems incapable of a solution ~ Dictionary.com The argument: God knows all. He can see into the future as well as into the past. He knows what you…
[Originally published on Helium and on blog, February and March 2009 respectively] What happens when you die? Death and justice are perhaps the two largest reasons for the existence of religion. Just about all religions teach a system of rewards and punishments that occurs after you die.