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R.S. Thomas is the author of “The Cry of Elisha After Elijah”, reflecting the famous incident recorded in 2 Kings 2 when the company of the prophets tell Elisha that the Lord was going to take his master away from him that day. Elisha hushes them, and tells them not...
WHY I BELIEVE IN JESUS
Why do people believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior? It depends on their particular circumstances, their needs, and their exploration of the process toward personal conviction. As I have journeyed through life with all its challenges I have come to several...
HISTORY AND CHRISTIAN FAITH
I graduated from university with a double major in History and English. History is important to me. I value the history of my culture, and enjoy learning more about the events that have formed the world in which I live. The history of my family educates me about the...
REASONS TO BELIEVE
What causes people to follow Christ, or to believe in other religions? Is it on the basis of evidence we have come to believe as compelling? What causes us to continue to believe when there is contrary evidence? What would we have done if Jesus had come to us and...
THE LIMITS OF SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVITY
Enlightenment thinkers in the eighteenth century understood the world through the lens of experimental science. Believing that all phenomena operated according to universal natural laws, they judged every intellectual proposition according to the test of reason. Their...
THE COWARDICE OF EXCUSES
In answer to those who questioned his credentials, and the source of his teaching, Jesus claimed that it came from God who sent him. But how do we know that this is the truth? Jesus said, “If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes...
BLAMING GOD
For many years, my wife and I sponsored a needy child through the work of World Vision. Four times a year their magazine came in the mail. It was filled with stories of how children throughout the world were being helped by World Vision. But from time to time there...
STAGES OF FAITH
Some people, like Billy Graham, enter into a full-blown faith all at once when they experience a spiritual conversion or personal encounter with Christ. More people, like Billy’s wife, Ruth, experience a slow growth of their faith over a lifetime. The apostle Paul...
THE RISK OF FAITH
Jon Guttman, in his Editorial for the June, 2002 edition of Military History, wrote about three decisive battles that owed their outcomes to calculated risk-taking. He says that officers today are taught risk assessment – the art of comparing the importance of one’s...
AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN STOTT
Recently I came across an interview with John Stott, the great English preacher and writer on his life and ministry (80 Years Ago Today: The Conversion of John Stott, www.thegospelcoalition.org). In it he was asked about the state of preaching today. His reply was...
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