Why Sin?
Sin is simply breaking the law. This can happen whether one is conscious of the law or not. Also sin’s consequences still happen whether one is conscious of them or not. Do the consequences of sin recognize age, status, or …
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Why Prosperity?
Jesus told a story about a dysfunctional family that looks a lot like the worldwide Christian family today. It’s commonly called The Prodigal Son, referring to the temporarily-unrestrained living of the younger brother. Yet in this story, we also see …
Why Prayer?
What is the point of asking God for stuff when you don’t usually get it? Exactly! There’s not much point in it at all, and there’s certainly no joy in it. Wouldn’t it be much better if you knew something …
Why Poverty?
Make no mistake: the Bible declares poverty and lack to be bad things. God gets no pleasure in your poverty, and certainly no glory. Under the Old Covenant (aka, Old Testament, the Jewish experience before Jesus), poverty is clearly listed …
Why the Old Testament and New Testament?
The Bible is made up of several books split into two parts: Old and New. This should be a big clue as to how we should look at them. The New is where we are living now. It is New …
Why Me? Why do I matter?
Guess what: you absolutely matter in God’s universe. What you do matters, what you say matters, what you believe matters. Your laziness matters, your foolishness matters, as does your indifference and apathy. But your hard works of prayer, love and …
Why Law?
Law and order holds our universe together. Many groundbreaking scientists such as Sir Isaac Newton persisted in their work out of a firm conviction of discoverable order as described in the Bible. Unlike many of their predecessors, they were rewarded …
Why Job?
The Bible book of Job gets a lot of bad press including inappropriate quoting and wrong conclusions, but this book just might be one of the most important books of the Bible. It’s unique perspective of life before Moses, Jesus, …
Why Jesus?
The Bible leaves no other option, and no room for anyone else: Jesus is the Messiah, the Savior of the world, the King of Kings. But why did He come as a baby? If Jesus is God, wouldn’t He have …
Why Kingdom?
Jesus and the early disciples went about preaching the “Kingdom of God” (a.k.a., Kingdom of Heaven in Matthew), revealing a great deal about what it is, and what it isn’t. The scripture makes it clear that the Kingdom is not …