DISPUTING: Is it Christ like? From day one, the world was and still is hostile to Jesus and His teaching. His followers had to separate from the Jewish religion, the dissenters, non-conformists, Pilgrims and Puritans had to leave Europe and...
May 2009 Archives
RAPTURE: What is it? The word "Rapture" has many Christians believe that they shall be removed from this world prior to the worst persecutions ever. It is a comforting concept for American Christians but not at all where persecutions rage....
INALIENABLE RIGHTS? Memorial Day! We memorialize those that have died to preserve our inalienable rights. My father was a Polish soldier when World War II began. We lost loved ones because of the war. My wife lost her father and...
WE THE PEOPLE! Our last Presidential election has urged me to reacquaint myself with the founders of our nation. They regarded themselves as being representatives of the people; hence, the Constitution began with, "We the People." I have come to...
FALLIBILITY? Paul the Apostle counseled, "If you think you stand, see to it that you do not fall" (I Cor.10" 12). Fallibility was and still is man's curse. It was one of the primary reasons why the founders of this...
CORRECTION I had finished my Th.D., three years beyond a Ph.D. and three dissertations and I was doing what was considered good. Then an honorary D.D. suggested bluntly and showed me how I could do better. Hesitantly, I corrected my...
PERMISSIBILITY: How much liberty do Christians have? Christians often quote, "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me" (Phil.4: 13). Does that mean I can do what the world does? Can a Christian girl parade her body in...
UPSET OVER PRAYER? Conservatives were upset because the President did not join them on the National Day of Prayer. He preferred to pray in private just as Jesus has suggested we do (Mt.6: 6-8). It would also not have been...
VIRGIN-MOTHER: Happy Mother's Day! The news is again stressing women's rights to abortion. In the Bible, the pride of a nation is a woman's right to be a mother or to give life to a new human being. God could...
Too Much Good! I have been pondering as to how much good can be too much and hurt us? Jesus asked the question, "What good is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his/her soul?" (Mk.8:...
MEET MY NEEDS! We like to hear often that God would supply all our needs (Phi.4: 19). I must be doing something wrong or I am not getting what Paul meant? All the explanations that I have been gathering are...
