Top ‘Why‘ Questions We Ask God
September 27, 2021
If you could ask God any question, what would it be?" Today I'm going to address some of the "Why?" questions of the human heart.
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Toward the end of the first century, the last New Testament book as we know it today was written by the Apostle John as he was living in exile on the island of Patmos. But that didn't mean that the 27 books were ready to go to the printer. Not exactly. First, there was no printer at that time, and secondly, it took another two hundred years for the New Testament church to decide what was the New Testament. You think that it's tough for folks to agree on things today? It was even worse then! An interesting fact is that no church council ever met and rendered an authoritative decree saying, "These books are in, and those are not!" Universal acceptance of these 27 books was a gradual thing as the Holy Spirit began to bear witness in the lives of godly men and women (mostly men, however, because the women weren't invited to church councils) that certain books bore biblical authority.
September 24, 2021
Ignorance can be a wonderful thing. It saves you from having to think. Therefore, you avoid the consequences of facing what you don't know, right? Dead wrong! That lump that you thought was nothing was cancer, but you didn't really want to know and it didn't go away. When you could avoid the issue no longer, you faced serious consequences—all of which could have been avoided had you faced the issue head-on.
September 23, 2021
There are two kinds of people who are ignorant—those who have never had an opportunity to learn, and those who are willfully ignorant because they refuse to get the facts. There are millions of people in the world trapped by poverty and economic stagnation, who are ignorant because they have no choice, but the latter category includes some who have Ph.D.s and advanced degrees by the handful. Those who refuse the truth purposefully, are not only ignorant, they are to be pitied.
September 22, 2021
When the other person does it, you call it "lying," but when you tell the cop, "I know I wasn't speeding," you're just bending the truth a bit—good business, you know. When you falsified your resume when you applied for a job, inflating your salary for previous jobs and expanding your educational background (who is going to call the school and check on the years you were there?), you cloaked it in a term which has become widely used—misinformation. Besides, stretching the truth serves your purpose and you get away with it, so what?
September 21, 2021
Check the dictionary and you will find this listing: "mis*in*for*ma*tion \, n. Untrue or incorrect information" (Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1996, 1998 MICRA Inc.). Formerly the practice was known as lying. But today the term misinformation is politically correct and less offensive than the cutting term which has been used for centuries. There are some who contend that there is no more lying today than ever before; however, it is just more sophisticated, more acceptable, and less offensive. I disagree.
September 20, 2021
When an engine blew on the Airbus that United Airlines captain Ed Palacio was flying, the instrument panel lit up like a Christmas tree. "Ed," I later asked as we were talking about the incident, "What did you think about when this happened?' His reply: "I didn't have time to think. I instinctively did what I had been trained to do." His passengers were glad that Ed hadn't been sleeping in class when they covered those procedures. He was so well trained and disciplined; his reactions were instinctive and habitual.
September 17, 2021
"It is a sad fact but it is true," writes John Nagle, "when people today hear of God being referred to as 'father' it often creates more mental barriers than open hearts. Unfortunately for more and more in our culture, the term 'Father' causes individuals to think of someone who was absent, abusive, addicted, or all of the above."
September 16, 2021
Should Christians identify themselves by wearing gold crosses, or putting a fish on the bumper of their car? Are there some identifying marks by which you can be quite sure who is and who isn't? There are four marks of an authentic true Christian, which indicate quite clearly that you have become a follower of Jesus Christ. Those marks are commitment, conversion, confession and change.
September 15, 2021
Jesus laid it on the line with His followers. Unlike a lot of religious leaders today who temper their messages, thinking of their retirement benefits and the fact that their popularity with people who contribute to the church is very important, He never sugar-coated the Gospel.
September 14, 2021
Is it possible that an individual could go to church, put some money in the collection plate occasionally, even belong to a church, and yet be lost spiritually?
September 13, 2021
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