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- Why Good Government?Does it make sense that God would want the immoral, greedy, and power-hungry to govern His most precious creation? Does God want us all living in unsafe, unsanitary, unjust, or generally unstable environments? Does He prefer that we spend our days in survival mode, with a constant dread of someone taking what little we have? …
- Why Speak Out?Some say that to openly condemn actions such as abortion, sexual immorality, and lawless violence – or to voice support for leaders who stand on the right side of these issues — is to “get political,” and to “offend people, when we should just be sharing the gospel.” But if we as God’s ambassadors on …
- Why Unpardonable Sin?Updated: February 27, 2026 We know from the Bible that Jesus’s sacrifice took away the sin of the whole world. So how is it possible that anyone could sin in such a way as to disqualify themselves from the Kingdom of God? They can do it by making a conscious, educated, experienced decision to turn …
- Why Cast out Demons?Because Jesus told us to do it! According to the Bible, demons haven’t left the planet yet. They aren’t all chained in a pit somewhere, waiting for Judgment Day. Their day of judgment is coming, but until then they have a limited right (by right of creation) to exist and to interact with our world. …
- Why Spiritual Growth?Updated: February 11, 2026 Do you really want your babies to stay babies forever? Probably not, and God doesn’t either. In His way of thinking, being born into His family (See Why Born Again?) is only the beginning. From then on He wants us to grow! How does this happen? It is true that we …
- Why Fun?Updated: January 19, 2026 Are Christians allowed to have fun? Oh yes, and the best part is this: the fun never has to end. Many people are indulging in “fun” things that aren’t so fun afterward. The Bible says that there is a built-in penalty associated with that kind of fun. It is called death. …
- Why Miracles?Updated: January 23, 2026 Miracles are a confirmation of the reality of God, His kingdom, and the truth of the Bible. Jesus told the people of His day, “unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.” Have people really changed that much? Some “believe” that the true miracles recorded in the Bible …
- Why Noah’s Ark?Having been created in perfection and given a right to live and dominate the earth, mankind chose evil and eventually became so corrupt that God could stand it no longer. The suffering had to be stopped. Yet God did find someone whom God could trust to carry on the lineage of both man and beast, …
- Why Spread the Gospel (the Good News)?Updated: March 2, 2026 There is a very simple reason for Jesus instructing His disciples to spread the good news about Jesus and the Kingdom of God (what “gospel” means). It is this: if we don’t do it, it won’t be done. Jesus isn’t into giving His people pointless commands. Surely, He intends that they …
- Why Thanksgiving?Updated: December 2, 2025 Here in the United States we have a special day in November dedicated to giving thanks. Back in 1789, our first president George Washington (with the approval of Congress) made a “Thanksgiving proclamation,” designating a “day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many …