And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered (John 10:35, NLT). When discussing Scripture, someone might say, “That’s your opinion.” And while I believe that people should have their own opinions since I have too many of them myself. . . I do believe the Bible says five things that are so incontrovertible from […]
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I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people (Jude 1:3, NLT). I have a challenge today for all the astute readers of Interruptions. If you are in doubt about your astuteness, then answer the following question
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But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived (2 Timothy 3:13, ESV). There is a small dining room in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. In this room, the leaders of the Provisional Government of Russia (in charge after the Czars left power) were arrested. During my visits to the Hermitage,
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You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free (John 8:32, NASB1995). Ask someone whether truth exists, and if truth exists, do we have the right “according to truth” to insist others live up to this truth? It won’t take long in this discussion for most people (even Christians) to say some version
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For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching but, having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions (2 Timothy 4:3). In the end-times many people will not listen to teachings of truth and righteousness. The word that the Apostle Paul uses in 2 Timothy 4:3 for “sound
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Would life be worth living without God? Over the years I have accumulated arguments for God. My arguments are not scientific or philosophical. However, I find most scientific reasons for disbelief to lack evidence and philosophical doubt often being illogical. I contrast options for belief and non-belief below. I ask the question, “What’s better, God
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 ESV The ugliness of truth is that, left alone to its own devices, it becomes
I memorized the book of James over 30 years ago. It is brilliant writing with even better practical advice. James ends his book with one of most practical statements, especially for the church of 2021: If anyone wanders from the truth and someone brings him back… James 1:19 A recent and respected church consultant wrote:
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“What is truth?” That is what Pilate said during the trial of Jesus, and Jesus was standing right in front of him. Jesus said earlier in His ministry: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From
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In the New Testament, during the trial of Jesus, Pontius Pilate looked at Jesus and asked, “What is truth?” (John 18:38) Earlier in the Gospel of John, Jesus is quoted as saying, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Is there truth? Can you