Defense of the Faith – Page 10 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

No Sign, Only Judgment – Matthew 12:33-42

I got really frustrated with Christie. She was the Jehovah’s witness niece of a church member whom I was supposed to help see the truth. So I embarked on a letter writing journey to show her the

Savior of All – Matthew 12:15-21

I have a Muslim man emailing me for the purpose of correcting my understanding of Islam and exposing the errors of Christianity. One of his assertions is that Jesus, according to our Scriptures, has declared

Hating Jesus – Matthew 12:9-14

Walid was raised a Muslim in Israel and had a hatred for Jews and Christians. His own mother had been secretly baptized a Christian and when she tried to dissuade him from his hatred of Jews and Christians

Doubts – Matthew 11:1-10

I have had doubts about the faith. I remember walking out of a college class on philosophy that had me doubting. It sparked in me a desire to have evidence for my faith. I had experienced the saving work

Golden Rule – Matthew 7:12

One of my missionary friends was showing us where his wife was teaching school and her classroom. On the wall was a poster of the Golden Rule. She said it was to be the rule for all behavior in her classroom.

The Real Source of Righteousness – Matthew 7:7-11

I literally used to believe that God had a cosmic balance scale in heaven on which my good deeds and bad deeds would be measured. What is even more ridiculous is that I actually believed that my good deeds

Trampling Pearls – Matthew 7:6

I was working at Mahaffey Message Relay and struggling a bit because I hadn’t witnessed to a co-worker and we were the only ones there this day. So I made a stab at a spiritual conversation and he

A Platform for Evangelism – Matthew 5:38-42

I recently heard a message from pastor and author Tim Keller about evangelism in our current American culture. He talked about how much the mindset has changed since mere decades ago and how we must change

Moral Righteousness – Matthew 5:17-20

I was recently in a discussion with some men in my church about ethics and a distinction was made between ethics and morals. I know this is somewhat artificial, but think of ethics as one’s standard

Mountainside Sermon – Matthew 5:1-12

I’ve heard some pretty amazing sermons in my life. I even studied one in American history, Jonathan Edward’s Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Sermons have moved people to good and evil

Oh, This Jesus! – Matthew 2:13-23

Matthew’s great concern is to show us that Jesus is the fulfillment of all the Old Testament prophecies about Messiah. He has fulfilled the prophecy of Micah by being born in Bethlehem, David’s

Uniting the Human and the Divine – Matthew 1:18-25

Greek mythology is rife with tales of the gods having sexual relationships with humans and producing demigods. Some Bible students even believe that Genesis 6 depicts fallen angels having relations with

Life and Hope – 2 Kings 6:24-7:20

In the aftermath of 9/11, that hideous hijacking of airliners that were crashed into the twin towers in New York city and the Pentagon, many people were asea in hopelessness and fear. Many of us who had

Knowledge as Salvation a Heresy – Colossians 2:15-19

In an ancient text, Pistis Sophia, possibly written between the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, the risen Jesus had spent eleven years speaking with his disciples, teaching them only the lower mysteries. After

Don’t Abandon This Gospel – Colossians 2:6-15

It is so tempting to abandon or water down the true gospel message of Christ. Human ingenuity always thinks it has a better idea of how to live out God’s plan. Sometimes we get too focused on one

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