Christians should be generous. But to whom should we give? Jesus’ Teaching Jesus told the Pharisees, “be generous to the poor” (Lk 11:41 NIV). He told his disciples, “sell your possessions and give to the poor” (Lk 12:33). He told a Pharisee who invited him to dinner, “when you give a banquet, invite the poor,
American televangelists have been making false promises for decades. They claim if you have enough faith and if you give to their ministries, God will bless you with abundant finances and physical health. They teach that God wants all believers to be healthy and wealthy, thus their message has been dubbed the “health and wealth
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We easily fall for false dichotomies—chocolate or vanilla, soup or salad, a book or a movie. But two things can be true at the same time. According to scientists, light is both particles and waves. When interpreting the Bible we must watch out for these either-or traps. Consider justification and judgment. On one hand, the
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Here are a few posts related to this special weekend: Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter Sunday Did God Kill His Son? The Shroud of Turin Les BridgemanAfter graduating from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, I served as a Bible and theology teacher in Asia and the U.S. My new book explores the amazing doctrine of the Trinity.
I have written about theophanies or appearances of God in the Bible, but I missed one. In Daniel 10, while Daniel was near the Tigris River, he says, I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like topaz, his face like
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