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<p>Do near death experiences (NDEs) give proof of God, and more specifically, are they really an encounter with God? The best way to do that is to compare NDEs with God’s Word.</p>
<p>When a person believes in a superstition, he attributes some power to something or someone he doesn’t even know exists. For example, if walking under a ladder brings bad “luck”, what or whom causes this bad luck to occur? If you don’t know, then why believe you’ll have bad luck? That’s completely irrational.</p>
<p>I’ve found helpful the guide that most Scripture should be taken literally. But one passage that bugged me was when Jesus talked about plucking out your eye and cutting off your hand if either of them caused you to sin. What? Really? Well, before you pluck out your eye or cut off your hand, let’s consider what Jesus is really saying.</p>
<p>I get the Voice of the Martyrs magazine every month, and it’s always humbling to read what my brothers and sisters in Christ go through, the ones who live in lands that are outwardly hostile to Christianity. What’s even more humbling is that the <strong>fools for Christ</strong> featured this month are believers who have limited knowledge of Scripture, yet they simply can’t stop telling others about Jesus.</p>
<p>By now, most people, at least here in the U.S., have heard about the uproar over the beliefs of the owner of Chick-fil-A. In a recent interview, Dan Cathy, the president of Chick-fil-A, spoke about the business their family built, and their Christian approach to the business. Toward the end of the interview, Mr. Cathy made a couple of statements that ignited a nationwide debate over the family and marriage.</p>
<p>In this last article, we’ll consider another very important, big, “churchy” word that all Christians should know: <em>imputation</em>.</p>
<p>Rather than use the actual words God chose, Christian pastors are increasingly teaching the concepts, thus dumbing down what Scripture actually teaches.</p>
When we think about the good news (i.e., the gospel) that is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we need to think about why He is good news. One aspect of why Jesus is good news is that on the cross, He paid the penalty for our sins = propitiation.
Starting with this article, we'll look at some of those words deemed "too big or churchy". First for us to understand is justification.
Have you ever read or heard someone tell you that there’s nothing new in Christianity, that it contains some of the same truths as other world religions? For example, one website points out the “universality of the golden rule in the world religi...