I recently saw a little brochure—what we used to call a “tract” when I was a baby Christian—that said, “Eternal Life is a Free Gift.” Well, yes. And no. Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Read more…
The Samaritans occupied parts of what had previously been the northern kingdom of Israel. The Jews in Jesus’ day refused to have anything to do with them. (See John 4:9.) The feud probably originated as far as 722 B.C. when the Assyrians (from what is now northern Iraq) conquered the Read more…
In one of Lee Strobel’s weekly emails, which are entitled “Investigating Faith,” he tells about an American prisoner of war in North Vietnam who was promised he would be released if he cooperated with the enemy—and who died when that hope was crushed. The man died from a lack of Read more…
God takes a lot of unfair criticism when terrible things happen to us in life. I cannot give you a simple, sound-bite answer for why bad things happen, but there are answers. Let’s start with free will. Much of the misery and suffering in this life is the result of Read more…