Book Review: Taking God at His Word by Kevin DeYoung If you’re looking for a shorter book (138 pages) to help you understand a Christian perspective on the Bible, Kevin DeYoung’s “Taking God at His Word” is an excellent start. It’s very readable, orthodox, culturally relevant and helpful. I think such books are particularly important […]
Do All Religions Lead to God? There’s a popular view today which says this: all religions lead to God and basically teach the same thing; for Christianity to claim it is the only true religion is arrogant and intolerant. ELEPHANT ILLUSTRATION: Many give the following analogy to support this view: There was once a group […]
A Key Difference between Mormonism and Christianity “As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become.” Lorenzo Snow (5th LDS president) Are Mormons “Christians”? This claim is popular today, both in the media and from the mouths of some Latter Day Saints (LDS). Just this past week I had a conversation with […]
3 Ways the Grace of God Trains us to Live Differently (Titus 2:11-14) “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory […]
What Happens After We Die? Part 2 (this post is a continuation of a previous post) Based on what God has revealed to us in Bible, here’s 7 points to help us understand what happens after we die: Our souls/spirits continue to live on: We don’t simply cease to exist. Our spirit/soul lives on. We […]
What Happens After We Die? (part 1) Before I answer the question–to which I believe God gives a true, accurate and accessible answer–it is important to first set up the biblical framework of death and life. The Bible teaches that God created us to be alive and live our lives enjoying and loving God in […]
The Faithfulness of God (Joshua 21:45) This past month I had the pleasure of preaching at Restoration Community Church in Naperville. I preached on Joshua 21:45: THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD. I have been particularly moved by this passaged this year–God is so faithful in keeping His gracious promises to His people (both in the OT […]
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The Purpose of Life
What is the Purpose of Life? Some people say there is no purpose to life, it is just what we make of it. The problem with this is that it is really impossible for any of us to live this way. We all live as though there is really is a purpose to life […]
Contrasting Christianity with Buddhism (Part 2) Here’s 3 more differences between Christianity and Buddhism: No Final Judgment Vs. A Final Judgment: In Buddhist thought there is no final judgment or accounting for how we live our lives. We will never have to explain our moral failings before God. Instead, there is an endless cycle of […]
Contrasting Christianity with Buddhism (Part 1) I recently have become friends with a practicing Buddhist. He is a wonderful guy, kind, and deeply committed to his worldview. He is also a committed vegan and has strong views concerning how we are to respect the life other animals and persons. The other day we met up […]