Are You A Christian? ┬┤├®├Ç Going to church does not make you a Christian; nor does saying a prayer, going down an aisle, passing a catechism, telling yourself that you are, or trying to be a decent person. You can only be a Christian if Christ is in you, which can be tested and proven […]
Revelation Theology FAQ: Why Are Christians Always Quoting Scripture? The cornerstone of Christian belief is REVELATION. We believe that it is not really possible to figure God out “from below”, but that God in his love chose to “reveal” his nature. By “from below” we mean from down here–of the earth, or worse. By revelation […]
Faith Luke 18:8b (NIV)When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth? Believing The Truth ┬┤├®├Ç Faith is believing in what is true. Faith has two elements: 1) being convinced of the truth, being certain of reality, having evidence of unseen things, and 2) believing, hoping in, embracing, seizing the truth. […]
Consecration Phillippians 3:12 (Phi) …I keep going on, trying to grasp the purpose for which Christ Jesus grasped me. Matthew 13:44 (Phi) “The kingdom of heaven is like some treasure which has been buried in a field. A man finds it and buries it again, and goes off overjoyed to sell all his possessions to […]
False Prophecy Mat 24:3-5,10-11 (NIV) …”Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Jesus answered, “Watch out that no one deceives you, for many will come in my name,.. At that time many will turn away from the faith… […]
The Spirit & The Bride John 15:26 (NIV) “When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.” John 16:13 (NAS) “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all truth; for […]
The New Legalism …Letter excerpt from Dean VanDruff to a correspondent asking, “Is He the God of the Jews Only?”–Rom 3:29) concerning the popular drift among some Christians to embrace legalistic “Torah Observance” as a supposed step of spiritual maturity. Oddly, we are getting asked about this from all over. Supposedly mature brothers calling and […]