The discussion between Jesus and the rich young man revolves around the young man's inability to see the Law of God as anything more than a way for humans to display their goodness or their badness. But Jesus calls him to see the Law, instead, as a display of the...
Every human belief or opinion is based upon a presupposition – a faith commitment that cannot be proven but can only be assumed. For instance, the difference between Christianity and atheism is not the difference between “faith” and “reason”, between opinion and...
Jesus is better than angels because while they mediated the law to Moses on Sinai, Jesus has mediated an eternal covenantal relationship between God and his people. Because of this, in Jesus we are given the privilege to rule and reign over all things, we are able to...
In James 5:7-11, James calls his readers to practice patience in all things. The way he motivates us to this patience is by frequently reminding us that Jesus is coming back and is going to put all things to right. This certainty allows us to trust Him in hard times,...
Some Christians have held that cremation is not permitted by the Bible, on the grounds that bodies buried intact, or “sleeping”, are a concrete anticipation of the resurrection of the dead on the last day. But the Bible never expressly forbids cremation, and in at...
