When Lost People Can’t Be Saved
Preachers often say that everyone can be saved. We want people to investigate the claims of scripture, compare it to their lives, and “… rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing […]
What Is God?
Paul exhorted his readers in Romans 12:2 to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” This transformation is reminiscent of the transformation Jacob (“the deceiver”) underwent when he became Israel (“one who struggles with God”). Earlier in his life he capriciously deceived to get what he wanted. In his older age he realized he […]
The Church: The Mind of God
When God spoke to Moses at the burning bush and Moses turned aside to see a bush on fire (but not consumed), God said, “Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground” (Exo. 3:5). Moses was commanded by God to treat this […]
