Beyond sight Are you healthy? Will you live to 80 or 90 or more? It is as nothing. Compared to eternity your life is like a grain of sand on all the beaches of the world. Less, in fact. In a heartbeat it will be over. Like a puff of smoke in the wind. If […]

“What is Arianism?”……Answer: Arianism is named for Arius, a teacher in the early 4th century A.D. One of the earliest and probably the most important item of debate among early Christians was the subject of Christ’s deity. Was Jesus truly God in the flesh or was Jesus a created being? Was Jesus God or just […]

Adam and Eve’s – sin really about eating a piece of forbidden fruit?……Answer: The phrase “forbidden fruit” refers to the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. They were forbidden by God to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:9, 3:2). The Bible says […]

“What is the abomination of desolation?”……Answer: The phrase “abomination of desolation” refers to Matthew 24:15 (KJV): “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand.” This is referring to Daniel 9:27, “He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ […]

“Can a person be born gay?”……In 1996, The Advocate, a gay and lesbian magazine, asked readers what they believed the potential impact would be to the advancement of gay and lesbian rights if a scientific discovery is made that proves a biological basis for homosexuality. About 61 percent of the magazine readers asserted that such […]

“Why did the sacrificial system require a blood sacrifice?”……Answer: The whole of the Old Testament, every book, points toward the Great Sacrifice that was to come—that of Jesus’ sacrificial giving of His own life on our behalf. Leviticus 17:11 is the Old Testament’s central statement about the significance of blood in the sacrificial system. God, […]

“Did God die? If Jesus was God, and Jesus died on the cross, does that mean God died?”……Answer: Did God die when Jesus died on the cross? The answer depends on how we understand the meaning of the word “die.” To die does not mean an end of existence. Death is separation. Death is when […]