Why Young Adults are Walking Away From Biblical Truth
Aug 30
Why do young people walk away from the church after years of faithful attendance and involvement? The main reason may be that the curriculum used in most Sunday schools is simply telling Bible stories and not teaching how to defend the truths of Scripture. A leader in his youth group, Andrew faithfully attended Sunday school every week. He was awarded a scholarship at a well-known university, but by the end of his first year in college, Andrew had renounced his faith.
A divine controversy
Feb 25
"Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel" (Micah 6:2). It might not occur to average Christians that God is interested in presenting them with His arguments. They might not think it possible that they are in a state of controversy with God. Certainly the Jewish nation at the time of the prophets needed to be alerted to this fact. God challenged them further: "O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me" (v.3). God wanted to have a candid debate with his people.
Living Truths
Feb 23
"He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err" (Mark 12:27). Sin and death are grim realities in the world, but these are only temporary intruders as it were. The God of creation is the living God; and "Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16) is our living Savior, alive forevermore. It is appropriate, therefore, that the term "living" is applied over and over again to great truths of the Christian faith. For example, the Holy Scriptures are called "the lively oracles" (Acts 7:38). "Lively" and "living" represent the same Greek word, zao; thus the Bible is God's "living word." Jesus Christ called Himself "the living bread which came down from heaven," sent down by "the living Father" (John 6:51,57). He also promised that all who believe on Him would find "living waters" flowing through their lives (John 7:38). He has opened for us through His substitutionary death and justifying resurrection "a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh" (Hebrews 10:20). Furthermore, He has thereby "begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (I Peter 1:3).
The Shack… another book for stupid sheep
Feb 01
“But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their pernicious ways, and because of them the way of truth will be evil spoken of. And through covetousness they will use you for gain with well-turned words; for whom judgment from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.” II Peter 2:1-3 Question: I'm confused by a book that is very popular among my circle of Christian friends. It's titled The Shack, and although it is endorsed by some leading evangelicals, I was freaked out by it and couldn't actually finish it. I don't understand how anyone thinks he can put God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in a fictional situation and then have them speak the words out of his own imagination. Isn't this dead wrong? Response: Yes. It's also blasphemy. Here is a definition of that word from Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language: "[It] is an injury offered to God, by denying that which is due and belonging to Him, or attributing to Him that which is not [true to] His nature."
Born once, die… born twice, live!
Jan 16
"Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." John 3:7 The term "born again" has come into such common use in recent years, even in political campaigns, that its tremendous meaning has been all but lost. But Jesus - who ought to know, being none other than God incarnate - said "Ye must be born again!" Furthermore, He said it to Nicodemus, one of the most religiously knowledgeable people of that day. He did not say to Nicodemus that "they must be born again," meaning the unbelieving multitudes who were not as instructed in the things of God as they should be. Nor did he say that "we must be born again," meaning all of us mortals including Himself. Rather, Jesus said, "Ye must be born again!"
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