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Lent, Lament and Lockdown

...dn't lose faith.   The Bible isn't a stranger to times of lament and distress, and we see it often in the Psalms. At times like this of limited food and resources and job loss, we can probably relate to David when he wrote things like this: Psalms 86:1 Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Psalms 102:1-2 Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you. Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call. And such poetic sadness from the book dedicated to lament; Lamentations 3:16-18 He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower i...

Doubting Defying Jihad: Questioning the Popular Conversion Story

...inst your faith and beliefs…”, it’s the kind of thing that we might expect a liberal in the west to say, but not a Pakistani believer who knows that Islam denies that Jesus is the Son of God and that he died for sinners. Following her conversion according to her account, she engaged in a number of public debates with clerics in which she defended her decision to leave Islam and follow Christ. It is not uncommon for apostates to have meetings with scholars arranged by their family members in the hope that they might be won back to Islam, but it is very surprising that her influential father would want to give his apostate daughter such a platform to speak...

Nails, Theses, and Myth: The Truth About Luther's Famous Door

...e rule of faith. As theologian Michael Reeves rightly points out, “If the ninety-five theses were meant to be a Reformation manifesto, they were a pretty poor effort.” Rather than launching Protestantism, the Theses mark the beginning of a debate — one that would take Luther, and the Church, in directions neither could have foreseen. And Luther was not alone. Before him, men like Jan Hus, John Wycliffe, Bernard of Clairvaux, Anselm of Canterbury, and Thomas Aquinas had all called for reform from within the Church. The Reformation began as an internal movement of conscience, not a declaration of war. Conclusion: History Over Hype As we reflect on th...

8 Most Controversial Topics In The Church Today

...in their faith by witnessing another Christian drinking. The opinions of a church on alcohol can also be apparent in the worship service; for example, some churches use grape juice for Communion, while others use wine. *This is a sponsored post by HolyArt....

A Journey Through Church History

...at men of faith, many of whom suffered persecution and martyrdom to preserve the Church and Christ’s mission, bridge the gap between the Bible and the present day. They fill the void we sometimes wonder about when we get to the end of reading Acts or the Epistles and think, “what happened next?” or “what happened to the Ephesian church after Paul left?” — well now you can read for yourself and see how God continued to grow His Church! Praise for 40 Days with the Fathers: “Timeless truths still for today” — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Insightful and captivating” — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “[This book] will round out your knowledge and help you bec...

Why Read The Early Church Fathers?

...at men of faith, many of whom suffered persecution and martyrdom to preserve the Church and Christ's mission, bridge the gap between the Bible and the present day. They fill the void we sometimes wonder about when we get to the end of reading Acts or the Epistles and think, “what happened next?” or “what happened to the Ephesian church after Paul left?”. So Why Read What They Wrote? The Bible didn't just drop out of the sky, all leather bound and ready to read for us to pick up today. There was a lengthy process of selecting and preserving the apostle's teachings which spanned nearly four centuries, and it was due to the Fathers and their faithfulness...