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Knowledge of God Matters.
Which do you think shows up more in the Bible—faith or knowledge? If you do a concordance search, you will find something surprising. Knowledge (including knowing, know, etc.) shows up far more than faith does.
Of course, without faith, it is impossible to please God, but knowledge is far more important to God than people realize. Listen to (more…)
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What is the purpose of spiritual gifts?
Talking about spiritual gifts can be confusing and at times controversial. But what does the Bible teach?
1 Peter 4:10-12 says:
“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ…”
Here are three things we learn about spiritual gifts from this passage:
First, each believer is given a spiritual gift. We are to receive the gift that the Holy Spirit has given us with gratitude and without comparison because not everyone gets the same gift.
Second, spiritual gifts do (more…)
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What is Substitutionary Atonement?
When it comes to understanding the Christian faith, there aren’t many ideas more central to grasp than this one.
Those words can sound intimidating, so let’s break them down. To “substitute” is to stand in the place of or take the place of.
To “atone for” is a multifaceted biblical term which means to “cover,” “forgive,” and “reconcile.”
This is the heart of the Gospel. Jesus died in my place, as my substitute, for my sins.
Peter, who saw Jesus raised from the dead, described (more…)
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Where do human rights come from?
You may have noticed that everyone is not the same. Look around your classroom, workplace, or on social media and you quickly realize that people are, well, different…Men, women, big, small, different cultures and ethnic backgrounds—we don’t have equal abilities, power, talents, strengths, or intellect.
So why treat everyone the same if we’ re not?
It has to be something more than “we agree” or “we took a vote” that everyone is equally valuable because all it takes is for someone to disagree or take a new vote and equality goes out the window. (more…)
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What is a worldview? It’s the way we view the world. Worldviews are like glasses or contact lenses. A good worldview helps us see reality more clearly and bring it into focus.
Everyone has a worldview—most people just don’t know it. We all have assumptions about whether God exists or not. Where we came from. Who we are…Why we are here. What life is all about. And what happens after we die—just to name a few.
Our lens for seeing the world is shaped by our family, culture, social media, what we watch, read, and listen to, and who we spend our time with.