Category: Faith Questions
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Jesus is Just One of Many Great Men
The day arrived for filming the crucifixion. The actor, Bruce Marchiano, daring to play the role of Jesus, staggered toward the vacant cross lying on the ground. But he stumbled in exhaustion and landed facedown in the stones a few feet shy of his mark. That wasn’t planned. No longer on script, he looked over…
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“There are hypocrites in the church.”
Jesus calls his church a city on a hill that can’t be hidden. But we’re shown in Revelation that an earthquake will strike the city. One tenth of it will collapse. What this seems to mean is that merely being within the walls won’t help certain people on the day the ground shakes. Jesus told…
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Standing Out From the Crowd
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he…
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“Aren’t people basically good?”
The Sanhedrin, the ruling council of the Jews, wanted Jesus murdered in the worst way. Jesus made the Jewish rulers look bad. Pontius Pilate declared Jesus an innocent man before satiating the rulers’ hunger for an execution—to keep them happy. So it was that first century Israel and first century Rome—crowning human achievements in ethics…
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“I believe what I can see.”
God gave Simeon a promise: before his death, he would lay his eyes on the Messiah. One day, in some way, as those fading eyes scanned the faces in the temple courts like always, the fragrance of Christ met Simeon on a holy breeze. Simeon saw them. He shuffled over to two peasants and their…
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“Christianity is so anti-woman”
A mother came to Jesus. Her daughter was engaged in the battle of her life, “suffering terribly” at the hands of a cowardly demon. She came in the sincerity of a mom who would do anything for her little girl. “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me!” What this mother seemed to find when…
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“Where is the evidence that God even exists?”
Some say, “This world is all there is. What you grasp with your five senses is the whole story. What you see is all you get.” We call them materialists. They believe that nothing exists besides this material world of matter, space, energy, and time. They do not always see that when they banish God…
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Questions About My Country
“Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.” — Proverbs 30:5 Today is Independence Day in the United States of America. On this day, American Christians will want to give thanks to God for the blessings we enjoy as citizens of this country. At the same…