Read this paragraph and weep

Now a Senior Fellow at Biologos, Dr. Enns devotes much of his time to lecturing on theology and writing scholarly essays that routinely cast doubt on the inerrancy and authority of Scripture, the literal concept of Bible interpretation, the historical existence of Adam and Eve, and other fundamental facts in the Bible. At the beginning of 2011, he released a new Bible story curriculum with Peace Hill Press in which he states, for instance, that the subject of sin should not be taught to children. This is disturbing for parents who love the Bible.

This article was written by Henry Morris III and can be read in its entirety here.

Increase Our Faith

Often one hears, “I need more faith.” They pray for more faith; they constantly are seeking more faith. They quote Luke 17:5, “And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.” They also quote Matthew 17:20, “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”

The idea behind these verses in their mind and understanding is, “We need more faith, so we can heal the sick, preach the gospel, raise the dead, etc.” I have heard this many times. But this IS wrong.

Faith is simply “believing God.” A very simple concept. It involves trust. The opposite is doubt. Consider the following illustrations.

Faith and doubt are on a balance. They are opposites. If we have a lot of faith, we have less doubt. If we have a lot of doubt, we have less faith.

An example, if I earn my money to pay my bills and have a little left over for fun, I need a certain amount of money. If the work does not come in, or I am laid off part time, or am sick, or any other situation that upsets our income, then we are stressed. The Christian in such an example can have faith, “God will take care of my needs,” or “I don’t know what is going to happen, I have to do everything I can to have enough money.” It may fall some where in between.

If we pray for God to increase our faith, He might very well put us in an uncomfortable situation and show that He can provide.

Faith is not for the purpose of doing miracles; it is a simple trusting in God to meet our needs.

Who Is Your Jesus?

Joe Donahue says he finds people sometimes treat Jesus more like a mascot than the Savior, resulting in what he describes as an "unhealthy love" for Jesus.
"Jesus is treated by the church in the same way we would treat a genie," says Donahue. "We keep Jesus in the pocket of our T-shirt or the pocket of our clothes, and we pull him out when times are tough and we stick him back in when things are going well."

So who is your Jesus. More on the above here.

Is the Old Testament Reliable?

Is the Old Testament Reliable?

This is an important article. Even thought the Bible has been proved over and over again, many still question if it is true. Every generation needs to know that Christianity is a reasonable faith. Please read the article and see the the Old Testament is true. It is not blind faith but a reasonable faith that we have. Archeology has shown many, many people and places to be actual.

The Measuring Tool

The Measuring Tool

When a carpenter needs to measure something, he uses his tape measure; it is the only source of 100% truth. He cannot use his finger, his elbow to finger-tip length, the width of his hand, or just “eyeball it”. If he did, the measure would not be accurate.

Likewise, if he were to measure it and thinks, “O, that just can't be right; I know by experience that it is longer/shorter than that,” then he should not be surprised that the measure is wrong—the part does not fit.

So today the only source of 100% truth is the Bible, but people want to add to it or marginalize it. The believe the whole Bible is true, but they think, “O, that just can't be right; I know by experience that it is _________.” They may depend on a certain teacher, book, feeling, dream, vision, voice, or something else as the final authority. All that does is change/wrest/deny the absolute truth.

I have heard people say they check every dream, vision, feeling, experience, book, teacher, etc with the Bible, but do they really take the time? Do they write down this feeling, experience, dream, vision, etc and actually check it out? I don't think so.

The measuring tape is the source of 100% truth in measuring, so the Bible is the only source of 100% truth for Christianity.

PS: The measuring tool may be electronic, mechanical, or sound but it still measures by the same standard—an eighth of inch is still an eighth of an inch, and a millimeter is still a millimeter.

The Bible says:

Deuteronomy 25:14-16 ISV (14) Don't have different measuring devices in your house—one large and one small. (15) You must have honest weights and measuring devices, so you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, (16) for anyone who does these things—anyone who deals dishonestly—is detestable to the LORD your God."

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ISV All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (17) so that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good action.

The Different Gospels

How many gospels are there? There is only one, and by it all others are judged by. Today, however, there are many different “gospels”. Here is a list and some warnings. So be a Berean and see if it is so. What “gospel” we trust in, may be the wrong one. Your soul and eternity is at stake.

False Gospels

For the true gospel see here.