The person who writes for a Conservative Mennonite publisher faces one extremely important question. How can I make my story leave a proper Christian witness, give it a Scriptural flavor, and have it turn out “right” while still keeping it realistic?
It is a blessing to the church to have a constant stream of new “outsiders” coming into the church. It is a blessing to have a rising generation who articulates their doubts about practices of the past. These force us to evaluate our norm, our status quo, to bring it in line with eternal truth.
Can the insincerity of one who is baptized, void the baptism? Should they be rebaptized?
It’s serious enough when men rob men of that which is good, but the natural universe is the property of God clearly, marked with the ink of God’s directives and divine signature. Naturalism/moral relativism has neither science nor the good of humanity on its side.
John the Baptist introduced the coming Christ by calling the people to repentance. What were they expected to do? What is repentance? What is it not?
Without repentance we cannot be right toward God for we all have sinned against Him. True repentance hates sin and avoids it all costs. "God, be merciful to me, a sinner," should be the prayer of each of us.
If human life is created by God, in His own likeness, it must be highly valued. Since God is the author of life, it is His prerogative to decide the beginning and the ending of it. We accept His standard as our own and protect the precious lives He has placed in our care.
Hell is an awful place and it is not God's will that any one go there. So He has set up a number of obstacles designed to help the sinner turn back from his downward path. We can bypass them if we choose, but God has done His part to help us reach heaven.
The "owes me" mentality has created a culture of takers and cheaters. What can we say of the damage to Christian faith when our energies are diverted into shortsighted pleasures and materialism? But, praise God, there is a solution for the ravages of entitlement!
Have you ever wondered if Jesus is truly the only way to God? Or maybe you think that if there is only one way to God it isn't fair to those who have never heard of Him. If you doubt God because of these things this article is for you.
Through the so-called Christmas season, Santa Claus is much in the mind of American children. Books portray him, TV displays him, songs remind us of him, and the stores give opportunity to meet him! Does the Bible have anything to say about this contemporary emphasis on a mythological Santa?
Nearly every book of the New Testament says something about the Christian and his relation to the world. We are to be separate from the world, not only in dress but also in speech and attitudes.
God hates all sin and so if we are trying to please Him we must avoid the things He finds disgusting. In Proverbs we are given a list of seven things that are abominations to Him.
Sick children; have you wished to be like Jesus and just heal them? What is a Christ-like response to them?
One of the truths repeated over and over again in the Bible is the fact that Jesus Christ is coming to the earth twice. None of us knows just when He is going to come again but the Scripture clearly implies that it is possible for us to see the day of the Lord approaching.