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 […]
Category: Writings on Christianity
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 […]
Intro to the Christian Faith: Week 1 ‘Who is God’? Our church plant Cross of Christ Fellowship has a started a 4 week ‘Intro to the Christian Faith’ meetup in downtown Naperville. The format is teaching with discussion. We had a great time the first week, and here’s the content from our first week: Week […]
Spiritual but not Religious–A 2nd Danger to Consider In my previous post I highlighted a strength and weakness of the Spiritual but not Religious position. While the stance rightly understands that we are spiritual beings, its vague–anything goes–approach to understanding who God is overlooks the vital question of truth (How do I know what I’m […]
Intro to Christianity Meetup in Naperville Starting on Tuesday (2/10), I’ll be leading a four week ‘Intro to Christianity’ meetup in downtown Naperville. A link to our meetup can be found here. Who is God? What do Christians believe? Who is Jesus? What does it mean to be a Christian? Format: Four-week small group study […]
Spiritual but not Religious in Naperville I recently hosted my first ever Meetup Group event and had the privilege of discussing the topic ‘Spiritual but not Religious’ with others in Naperville. We had a good mix of worldviews and I am looking for our meetup next month. After spending some time considering the topic, here’s […]
Jehovah Witnesses Part 2 (Tsouloufis) Here’s the second part of Tsouloufis’ paper on the Jehovah Witnesses. This includes key verses they mistranslate and a discussion about the Trinity. I pray for many of them in Naperville to hear the truth in love. Key Passages of Scripture Mistranslated in the J.W. Bible John 1:1 In the […]
Jehovah Witnesses Part 1 (Tsouloufis Guest Post) My friend Dan Tsouloufis wrote a helpful introduction to the Jehovah Witness’ Movement. Here’s a section from the first half of it covering its background and back beliefs. I think this is really important to know about if we are to communicate the truth in love to them […]
Matt Chandler on Abortion The president of the Acts 29 Network, a group that our church plant Cross of Christ Fellowship is connected with, recently preached on abortion. Here’s a clip from that sermon. May God deliver us from the great evil of abortion and save the millions of lives that will be lost through […]
All Men Seek Happiness–Pascal “All men seek happiness. There are no exceptions. However different the means they may employ, they all strive towards this goal. The reason why some go to war and some do not is the same desire in both, but interpreted in two different ways. The will never takes the least step […]
