In Luke 14:26, Jesus makes this astounding statement: “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.” Did Jesus really mean that? Well, yes, in a manner of speaking he did, Read more…
Antinomianism[1] is the belief that Christians are free to sin with impunity because Christ has paid the price for all of our sins. Antinomianism was recognized as a problem even in the early days of Christianity. Jesus implies as much when he says, “Now why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Read more…
A frequent criticism of Christians is that we are judgmental. This is ironic because both Jesus and Paul told us not to judge others—and particularly those who are not Christians. Jesus said it like this in Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of his famous Sermon on the Mount:[1] Do not Read more…
When I was a teenager, which was before I became a Christian fifty years ago at age 20, I thought Christianity was a silly religion—because that was how my Christian friends had explained it to me. If you just believed in Jesus, they said, you would go to heaven, where Read more…