The Muslims call the Christian faith a blasphemous lie. They say that calling Jesus the Son of God is an insult to God. Surah 4:171; 5:72-75, et al. They deny the Trinity and say that Christians will be in hell. A Mohammedan fails to find in Jesus a nature worthy of adoration and worship.     I read my children a Bible story tonight that centered on John 13:1-17 where Jesus washed the feet of H...  Read More

 A solid understanding of all that we rightly call “salvation” is that regeneration (a precise term) precedes everything of spiritual good in a Christian’s life. Regeneration is what being “born again” is. Until a man is born again he cannot truly follow Jesus, John 3:3-8.     I very recently listened again to a respectable teacher who spoke against the Reformed understanding of salvation. He argu...  Read More

On 25 Sep, Elvin P. Asked,      “…Doesn’t the Protestant doctrine of a justification which is by faith alone lead a man to live in any way he chooses? When someone believes they’re completely forgiven, doesn’t it make them lazy or presumptuous upon God’s mercy?” Response:  "Come and hear, all you who fear God,And I will declare what He has done for my soul,"Psalm 66:16.       This, sir, is truly a...  Read More

     Immediately after Jesus’ water baptism the Bible says He was, “…Led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil,” Matthew 4:1. Reading on it says that He, "…Fasted forty days and forty nights…” Matthew 4:2. Forty days in a desert without food or water! I’ve never been to Israel, but men have told me that the wilderness into which He was driven is an extremely harsh and des...  Read More

On 15 Sep, Chad W. asked:     “What is the Biblical response on the subject of where a child, infant or stillborn goes if they die?” Response:     Bottom line up front, dear brother: The Bible does not give us a definitive answer. The answer is, however, proffered in several ways, and that mostly with regard to the children of believers. These Biblical implications have led Christians to lean heav...  Read More

    Many people begin reading the Bible with a lot of zeal. Genesis is often quickly devoured. Exodus is pretty good. It’s at Leviticus that people often give up. The reason is because its contents are very foreign to us. All of the ceremonial ritualism, rites performed by the priests and its other components are completely removed from our way of life. In some Muslim regions of the world missiona...  Read More