Islam and Christianity share a lot in common: they’re both Abrahamic religions – tracing their heritage back to God’s call of Abraham and the promises God made to his offspring, they both insist that polytheism is wrong and that there’s only one true God, they...
The commonly held view in the West that freedom and knowledge are the most important values leads to the running over of church members who disagree about issues not commanded or forbidden by God, but for Paul, the goal of the Christian life is not head knowledge or...
What does the word Gospel mean? This question is connected to the related question, "Why did Jesus live?" Many Christians think they know why Jesus died, but have a hard time understanding the importance of all Jesus' actions and teachings between his...
When it comes to current events Christians too frequently fall into one of the twin ditches of either allowing themselves to become spokespeople for one of the approved cultural positions (usually either “conservative” or “liberal”) or withdrawing from the world in...
In 1 Corinthians 6 Paul argues against the misguided notion that Christians can do what they want with their bodies since they have the Holy Spirit. This error, Paul says, misunderstands the meaning of the resurrection of Jesus: since Jesus' body rose from the...
