You can read part 1 on the Unpardonable Sin and Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit So what exactly is Jesus meaning when He talks about someone who is directly “blaspheming” the Holy Spirit? 1. The word “blaspheme” in Webster’s Dictionary means to “speak irreverently or profanely of or to God, to curse or revile.” Another part of their definition says “any […]
Biblical Test For Listening To Christian Music
How Christians Can Choose the Right Music – 7 Biblical Steps To Consider The issue of music in Christendom is a controversial one, which needs to be approached with caution, as people have different views about what kind of music Christians should listen to. While some people believe that Christians should strictly choose the music […]
Will the Unreached Go to Hell If They Have No Human Missionary?
Cornelius was a Gentile, one who was outside of God’s people (the Jews). Although he was a God-fearer, he was unsaved.Even after Peter preached the gospel to Cornelius, Peter himself had to answer for why he was even associating with a Gentile (cf. Acts 11:1-18). The response to Peter’s association with Cornelius tells you that […]
Is General Revelation Sufficient for Salvation?, Pt. 3: Cornelius Continued
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in […]
Is General Revelation Sufficient for Salvation?, Pt. 2: The State of the Unevangelized
In Part 1, I made the case that general revelation, while showing God’s divinity and power, does not tell us who specifically God the Creator is. Only in Christ do we see tangible evidence of the Creator God (John 1). The same God who created the world is the same God who “became flesh, and […]
Is General Revelation Sufficient for Salvation?, Pt. 1
Inclusivists believe that one can be saved through Christianity as well as other faiths. Ask an inclusivist about his or her belief that one can be saved through other faiths, and he or she will tell you that salvation is possible in other religions because of general revelation; that is, the individual’s practice of another […]
What is Inclusivism?
Inclusivism is a view that includes all religions in God’s plan of salvation. Inclusivism is “inclusive” (hence the name) of all religions in salvation and says that a person can be saved regardless of his or her faith and/or religious practice. Both a Buddhist and Hindu can be saved in this view — regardless of […]
Does the Bible Support the Doctrine of the Trinity?
If you look within the Bible, you will not find the word “trinity” located within it, not even once. This does not mean, however, that the notion of the Trinity is not located within the Holy Scriptures. There are a number of verses that tell us that the Godhead consists of three persons — Father, […]
The Meaning of “The World” in John 3:16
In Part 1, I discussed the ideas of election and predestination, that believers are chosen “in Christ” or “in Him” before time began (“before the foundation of the world,” Eph. 1:4). If believers are chosen in Christ, then they can only experience election because of faith in the gospel message. According to the Scriptures, election […]
Is Faith A Work?
Ephesians 2:8-9, as I mentioned in Pt. 1 of this series, is used by Calvinists to say that those who believe in human responsibility in faith are those who advocate “works salvation.” Ephesians 2:8-9, which will guide this discussion, reads as follows: “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of […]
Did Jesus Die for All Men, or the Elect Only?
Q: Did Jesus Die for All Men, or the Elect Only?, Pt. 1: The Meaning of “World” (John 3:16) A: This is a question that you may have heard before from theologians and Bible scholars. You may have never even believed in a group of people known as the elect, but the term is not […]
How Can A Loving God Send Someone To Hell
Many sceptics and atheists target the very idea that since God is both loving and good, there would be no such reason that He can endure watching people swimming in the lake of fire forever. Since God is forgiving, merciful, gracious, loving and good, it would be in a total opposition to His character when […]
Following The Great Commission
Are You Following The Great Commission? A Story That Just May Bring All Of Us Out of Our Comfort Zone Found in Matthew 28, the Great Commission is a passage that tells us of Jesus’ last words to his followers. In short, his last, great commandment to his followers then, and to us now, is […]
God Desires All To Be Saved
Being a God of love and people also see a God of wrath from the Old testament, many Christian circles often debate whether Christ wants everyone to be saved. There’s no denying that anyone who comes to the Lord through Jesus is automatically saved. However, are there special people or certain kind of people favored […]
How To Forgive People Who Have Wronged You
The subject of forgiveness is quite touchy. Most of the time, it is fairly subjective. People have their own thoughts about when is the best time to forgive someone or if someone is even worth forgiving or not depending on their actions. Almost all of us have been hurt or wronged at some point in […]
Are Christians Allowed to Curse Their Enemies?
We just recently received an email from one of our readers. The question she had asked us was whether or not we as Christians could curse someone else for something wrong they were doing to us. The reason she was asking this question was due to something she heard her own pastor do in one […]
Can a Person Be Saved After Their Death?
This article was written on the day that Rob Bell and his very controversial book titled, “Love Wins” came out on the market. For those of you who do not know about Rob Bell, he is a Christian pastor from Michigan who is trying to say that everyone will eventually end up in heaven. He […]
Why Do Some Christians Behave So Badly
Another type of email that we keep receiving on a very regular basis is the exact title of this article – why do some Christians behave so badly? If we are new creations in Jesus Christ as a result of being saved and born again through His shed blood, and we now have the Holy […]
How Will God Judge Suicides?
One question that we receive quite frequently is whether or not a Christian who commits suicide will go straight to hell once they actually do it. If you google this question, you will see a wide variety of opinions on this issue. Since we do receive this question so frequently, I thought I would do […]
Should Christians Rejoice Over the Death of Their Enemies?
I am typing this article up on 5/7/11. As you have all heard, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the attack of 9/11, has now been found and killed by one of our US Navy Seal teams in Pakistan. When the news first broke, many people across our nation started to celebrate and rejoice in […]
Was Jesus Born Again After His Death on the Cross?
I recently had several people ask me over the last year or so whether or not Jesus was born again after His death on the cross. The reason they were asking this question is because they had heard several popular preachers make the statement that Jesus was the “first born-again man” after His death and […]
How Do I Memorize Verses From the Bible
One thing that many Christians will try and do is to memorize certain key verses from the Bible. The reason they are doing this is so they can have the knowledge that is being given in each of these Scripture verses solidly implanted into their minds and thought process. The Bible tells us that we […]
Will Our Pets Be in Heaven With Us?
Will Our Pets Be in Heaven With Us? Answering The Popular Question – Do Animals Go To Heaven? One question that many Christians have asked over the years is whether or not do our pets or any animals go to heaven? For those of you who have researched this topic, I am sure you have […]
The Location of Hell
One question that we keep getting coming through our website is on hell, and especially where it may be located. Many people have asked us if the Bible gives us any type of indication of where hell may actually be located at. After reviewing all of the verses on hell, I believe the Bible is […]
How to Discern if a Word is From the Lord
This article will serve as a good followup to an an article we just released titled, “How to be Led by the Holy Spirit.” In that article, we gave you 8 basic ways in which the Lord will use to supernaturally communicate to us in this life. In this new article, I now want to […]
Backsliding God Will Take You Back
One of the most frequently asked questions we get coming through our site is whether or not God will take you back if you have really backslid from Him to any appreciable degree in this life. We have many people who were saved earlier on in their lives, and then over the years grew further […]
What Happens at Death
As we all know, sooner or later, every single one of us is going to die and cross over to the other side. As Christians, there is a bit of a divide as to exactly what occurs at death. I will use this article, along with the appropriate verses from Scripture, to fully explain to […]
Does God Promise Long Life
Over the last 10 years or so I have met several people who had very irrational and abnormal fears of dying young. When I asked them what they felt was young, they said they did not expect to live past an age range of 40-55 years of age. When I asked them why they felt […]
The Unpardonable Sin Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
The Bible makes it very, very clear. God the Father has sent His one and only Son Jesus Christ down to our earth to physically die on a cross in order to give all men and all women total forgiveness and total remission for all of their sins – which includes all past, present, and […]
Can A Christian Lose Their Salvation?
Once saved, always saved? Can a Christian lose their salvation after they have truly accepted Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior? There is major divided opinion in the Body of Christ right now on this question. Many believe that you cannot lose your salvation, no matter how many bad things you may end up […]
What Is Faith
Introduction to Faith This question came in asking, what is faith. I will be doing other articles on this topic in the near future giving you all of the major, power verses pertaining to faith and how it will specifically apply to the different parts of our walk with the Lord. But just to give you […]