When We Understand The Text
Let’s say a fatal disease or pestilence has spread around the world. That shouldn’t be too difficult to imagine. Did God cause this pandemic? Well in Exodus, God sent plagues upon Egypt, including boils and the death of the firstborn. When the Israelites worshiped a golden calf, God afflicted them with pestilence. In Leviticus …
In Genesis 9, after the world perished in the flood, God blessed Noah and his family and told them to fill the earth. The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth, from whom all nations are descended. Noah planted a vineyard, and one day he drank some of the wine and got smashed, …
Creflo Dollar: “You are gods, little-g.” Paula White: “You are a little god.” Jim Jones: “I’m a god and you’re a god.” Benny Hinn: “Psalm 82 verse 1 says, ‘God standeth in the congregation of the mighty,’ that’s you. ‘He judgeth among the gods.’ Who are the gods? You are.” Joyce Meyer: “God calling …
In John 3, Nicodemus said to Jesus, “Rabbi, we know that you’re a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Now, that …
Two people are having a spiritual or ethical discussion, one is a conservative Christian and the other more liberal. The conservative calls a popular teacher false, or says a culturally accepted behavior is sin, and points to what the Bible says. The liberal responds by playing the Pharisee card. “You’re so unloving and legalistic …
It’s popular to say, “No creed but Christ,” as if to say we don’t need creeds, we just need Jesus. Ironically, that’s a creed, and one in need of some clarity. Creeds and confessions are formal statements of beliefs summarizing essential or important biblical doctrines. What does your church believe about Jesus? God? Mankind? …
Legend has it that Gandhi once told a group of missionaries, “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” There are two problems with this quote. One is that Gandhi did not actually like the Christ of the Bible. And two, Gandhi did not say …
King James Onlyism is the belief that the 1611 King James Version of the Bible is the only divinely authorized English translation, while modern translations corrupt the Bible. As KJV Onlyist Robert Breaker has said, promoting Gail Riplinger’s book on modern translations, “It’s not just a deception. It’s a Satanic conspiracy against the word …