MIRACLES, Part 2
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I wonder if you are happy? Chances are that if you're Australian that you're not. It's estimated now that one in five Australians regularly experience some form of treatable depression. Incomes have quadrupled over the past forty years but apparently so has the use of antidepressants! We've never been more materially supplied yet apparently sadder than ever...[more] | |||||||||||||||
Up until the time of the Reformation secular governments controlled churches within their territories. After the Reformation of the early 16th century and the general trend toward arriving at a more Biblically based model of church, churches readily understood that they should govern their own affairs and 'free' themselves from State control. These churches who were able to separate from State control became known as "Free Churches" [more] | |||||||||||||||
The foundation of the Bible and Christianity is the opening story of Genesis - about how God created the world- especially its claim that God created Adam and Eve as the parents of all humanity. If this opening account is wrong, the very foundation for believing the Bible is destroyed! But if this account of creation is the pillar of truth, why are the two opening chapters so contradictory? [more] | |||||||||||||||
The media is very quick to identify some muslims as religious "extremists", but is christianity without its own extremists? This is a theological scrutiny of what constitutes as "sound doctrine" and what should conversely be regarded as "false doctrine" (which leads to "extremism")...[more] | |||||||||||||||
The world often accuses christians of not being 'tolerant' like jesus was - yet what they really mean is 'loving'. Could there be a worse accusation against christians? [more] | |||||||||||||||
Given the choice, would most Christians want to be like James Bond 007, or Detective Colombo? A theological comparison between James Bond and Detective Colombo has been long overdue, especially when comparing them as models for Christian mission...[more] | |||||||||||||||
What kind of a god would punish people both now and then for eternity? The claim by some that God judges the wicked with natural disasters and then might even condemn them for eternity for something they didn't know as well, needs examining...[more] | |||||||||||||||
The Essence of the Reformation can be summed up in one acronym:
TULIP. Jesus Christ taught that following Him was only possible through the miracle of conversion. He taught that for someone to authentically claim to be a Christian they needed a spiritual encounter that changed their heart and mind. Without such a miracle, known Biblically as 'regeneration', no one could merely decide to be a Christian. [more] |
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