Two churches? Last week, we examined ekklesia, the Greek word unfortunately rendered “church.” This is sad because its basic meaning is assembly, thus stressing the need to be there —...
Ekklesia The Greek word ekklesia means assembly. It’s pronounced “eck-lay-SEE-ah.” The verbal form, egkalein, means to summon or call forth [e.g. to the assembly]. The Romans changed...
Question: What do gravitational waves teach us about creation? Answer: This is a good question. I answered a similar question two years ago about the discovery of the Higgs boson, also known as th...
Question: What is freemasonry and what should the Christian response to this organization be? Answer: To some, freemasonary is a Satan-inspired conspiratorial organization of secret anti-government, a...
Question: I have a question about Isaiah 59:1-2. I have heard it taught that the last words of verse 2, “your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear”, means that whe...
Editor’s note: Due to the large number of questions, the answers are interspersed among the different questions. The questions are in italics. Question: I am trying to share the Gospel message ...
Today is the conclusion of the Answering Skeptics series. First, a recap of the 28th lesson, and then some thoughts to help us to confidently stand for the truth. As one person put it, if we don’...
Question: God is, in principle, against human sacrifice: the religious ritual killing of innocents to appease God, or any gods, for that matter. So it would be likewise true that God is, in principle,...
Reacting to all the suffering inflicted in the name of religion, many modern unbelievers reject all religion as dangerous. When we are asked to account for the problem, the first thing we should do is...
Question: Why do most scientist reject the possibility of God`s existence? Why do they embrace evolution? Answer: Two really good questions! First, it is simply not true that most scientists reject ...