Can the Bible be trusted? Does the theory of evolution disprove the Bible? Are they mutually exclusive, or is the problem with human interpretation? We have to keep in mind that none of us were around to observe these things. Therefore, we all come at this with certain presuppositions that…
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and…
CSIRC has received reports from multiple security vendors regarding a new Valentine-themed spam campaign that tries to trick the user into installing malware. The following subject lines have been identified so far; “short and sweet”, “Me and You”, “In Your Arms”, and “With all my love.” A link is included…
You know, I’ve seen an increase in Snopes bashers since Obama started campaigning for President. I got a link to another one this morning. I really think it is tied to the fact that so many idiots out there wanted to smear Obama with being a Muslim and hiding it,…
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,…
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Sabbath day yesterday and a relaxing weekend. Today, I want to start a new category of posts called “Reflections”. These articles are meant to be shorter and lighter than the typical COG doctrinal posts here. They will focus more on inspirational or single facet…
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ~ Mt 10:28 The argument says that this verse proves the immortality of the soul. It’s an odd argument,…
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. ~ Jas 2:26 The Argument People have an immortal soul. Death is separation from the body. The soul departs from the body and returns to God upon death. That is when the judgment occurs….
Our friends at WCG produced a paper in 2004 titled “Does God Have a Body?” As you can well imagine, it is so much hoo-ha and hand waving. The idea that God has “no form” comes from the Catholics. Along with the doctrine of the Trinity, it seems that the…
There was a Barna survey that revealed that 30% of “born again” Christians did not believe that Christ returned to life after He was crucified (Wayne Jackson, Christian Courier, May 9, 2003, Resurrection: Literal, or Merely Symbolic?). IOW, they did not believe in a bodily resurrection. Jackson states earlier in…