Teach – Inspire – Empower
If ‘Four BIG Questions Every Thinking Person Should Ask’, woke you up to the realisation that you may be much more than mere ‘flesh and blood’, then it’s time to consider these five BIG questions. 1. Does God exist? 2. What is God like? 3. Why did God create us? 4. Why did God give...
I hope that these questions will inspire you to begin an exciting journey of exploration and discovery, if you haven’t done so already. 1. Who am I? 2. How did I get here? 3. Why am I here? 4. What is my purpose? Four BIG questions that every religion tries to answer but very few...
In Luke 15:11-24, Jesus tells a parable about a young man, the son of a loving, wealthy father. Dissatisfied with living under his loving father’s authority, this entitled young man demands his share of his father’s estate, intending to leave the comfort and safety of the family home, to make his own way in the...Continue reading
In the first two articles in this four-part series, we learned about “God’s Simple Plan for a Perfect World” and “The Unforgivable Sin”; in this article we will learn about “God’s Simple Restoration Plan”, or the process of Repentance. Repentance is the key to reconciliation with God and each other. Problem, Plan and Promise. When...Continue reading
There is Only One Sin that God Cannot Forgive. The Bible has many examples of God forgiving murderers, adulterers, liars, cheats and thieves; he even forgave those who crucified him. Have no doubt that God is always willing to forgive sin, he understands our human weaknesses, but there is one sin, only one Sin (let's...Continue reading
It may be simpler than we think! When Jesus was asked, “Teacher, what is the greatest commandment of the Law”, he didn’t refer to the Ten Commandments but to the Hebrew Shema, the Israelites’ central affirmation of faith; “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all...Continue reading
In this article, I want to point out that the apostles were people just like us; they weren’t perfect, they made mistakes and their mistakes had disastrous consequences for Christianity and the true Church of Jesus Christ. People like us. It is a fact that, although born again and Spirit-filled, disciples of Jesus Christ are...Continue reading
This is a short overview of my journey from atheism, to my conversion to Christianity in 1978 and ultimately leaving Christianity in 2005 to become an ordinary human being and a Spirit-filled disciple of Jesus Christ. A Challenge to God. At fifteen, I was a militant, anti-Christian atheist. I was sick and tired of the...
As I see it, the following three things are a curse on any religion; at least the ones I have studied but I am sure it applies to all. These things also tend to appear in the sequence below. 1. The next generation, the bureaucrats. Lacking the spiritual power of the first generation, the following...Continue reading
Why are we here and what is the purpose of our human experience? After a life-long search for the answer to that question, I boiled it down to a simple choice; are we here to get something or to give something? Are we here to be Consumers or Contributors? Everywhere I look, I find religious...Continue reading