Life Is a Question Mark—And Then You Die: The Last Word on Books, Part 1
September 28, 2021
Is it good to fear God? It does mean respect, but fear has more of an edge to it. The fear of God is to live in a relationship with him in such a way that we honor, respect, love, and tremble in wonder at who God is.
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One group says the Bible is a book about love, mercy, and kindness. They think of the story of the Good Samaritan and of Jesus telling us to turn the other cheek. So how could anyone think the Bible prevents a tolerant society? But for another group, the Bible is far from tolerant. There’s the conquest of Canaan. There’s Elijah killing Baal’s prophets by his own hand. And in the New Testament, Jesus talks often about hell. That’s not tolerant. What then can we say in answer to this question? Get your free resource and learn more today!
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Today we need to take the idea of the pleasure of God and soak in it. It is often the barrier to deep Christian devotion that we have a view of God as starchy. He's reserved as as an insurance policy. Not at all! He savors old age, and he's the excitement of any age.
September 27, 2021
People can publically criticize Christian truth because they have the freedom that a biblical revelation contextualized in our society has given them. Try making the same religious criticisms about Islam in a Muslim country! But we must go beyond tolerance to love.
September 25, 2021
Ecclesiastes is saying that a relationship with God is worth every last ounce of youthful energy you have, no matter what age you are. So with all the energy you can muster, while you can, get God now!
September 24, 2021
Christians have often been accused of wasting this life in their fixation on the next. However, it is almost impossible to enjoy this life when uncertainty looms about the next. Even if you live your life well, you still need an answer to the problem of life, which is answered only in a personal relationship with God.
September 23, 2021
Boldness requires confidence, and confidence is a quality many find hard to experience. Or we project it in such an extreme way that it betrays a lack of personal security, perhaps from our childhood. In this passage, the teacher differentiates between growing up and growing old. Here's a call to really grow up into genuine spiritual maturity.
September 22, 2021
It used to be that in the secular West, we were unreasonably optimistic. Science was going to solve all our problems, economies were always going to boom, politicians were always honorable. But now, people do not trust the generals, the politicians, or the scientists. We can contrast this loss of optimism with the never-changing truth about God. He is the one we can trust.
September 21, 2021
Strategic planning from smart people can invigorate an economy or defend a city, but there's still no telling when the next Wall Street crash or 911 will occur. We need wisdom for practical living in a God centered way from Ecclesiastes.
September 20, 2021
Society seems to be growing out of the idea of life after death. But can we really attend a funeral and not give a thought to whether this is all life is about? When you're around death, you're close to eternity, and the veil parts a little bit and life seems very translucent.
September 19, 2021
There are so many people who are turned off by religion because it's too political or commercial or cheesy or manipulative. If you actually talk to them, they actually believe in God in some sense. And then the church attempts to squeeze itself into the mold of what it thinks are the expectations of the secular society, thereby becoming what people are not looking for.
September 17, 2021
Awesome worship is the craving of many a church shopper these days. There's a tendency for us to think in a secular, this-world, materialistic way rather than a transcendent way, even in the midst of corporate worship. Real worship is an authentic, spiritual engagement with God himself.
September 16, 2021
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Free Resource | Does the Bible Promote Tolerance or Intolerance?
One group says the Bible is a book about love, mercy, and kindness. They think of the story of the Good Samaritan and of Jesus telling us to turn the other cheek. So how could anyone think the Bible prevents a tolerant society? But for another group, the Bible is far from tolerant. There’s the conquest of Canaan. There’s Elijah killing Baal’s prophets by his own hand. And in the New Testament, Jesus talks often about hell. That’s not tolerant. What then can we say in answer to this question? Get your free resource and learn more today!