One of the most glaring misconceptions about Christianity that I observed among church-goers, non-church-goers and unbelieving people alike, was their preoccupation with the thought that it required them to be “good” people. Spoken or unspoken, many people conveyed the message that they could never attain the perceived
Category Archives: Biblical Christianity
How else does one describe a church-goer who says, “The Bible is…….”?
The day I took a stand to reject the “religious” Jesus Christ of my imagination and embrace the biblical Lord Jesus Christ of truth, is the day I knew I would come under much sniggering, mockery, insults and abuse from unbelieving people, but I was not expecting the same from people who claimed to be …
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Chewed up and spat out
Whether they were church-goers or not, every so often on the streets I was asked, “What does ‘born again’ mean?” Thanks to the Internet today there are some wonderful, in-depth, theological answers to the question, but for the purposes of this post, it literally means to be “born from above by the Spirit of God.” …
I learned to be on the alert for, “But…..”
Jesus tells us in the Matthew’s gospel that heaven can be entered only through the narrow gate. He says that the highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide enough for multitudes to choose its easy way Matthew 7:13-14. I witnessed the confirmation of that truth numerous times every day when I was …
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Where did that come from?
One of the most common “mantras” I’ve discovered in society is, “If God is so all-loving and all-powerful, why does He allow war, suffering, starvation etc etc?” Many people who asked me this on the streets did not want my biblical answer, they used it only to justify their own position or stand in life. …
That’s rubbish!
There was a time when I used to say that it didn’t matter what one believed in life. If someone believed this, that, or something to be true or the truth, well then that’s the way it is for them – truth. When it came to all the various religions and their practitioners in the …
Untested teachings and opinions
The old lady stood in her doorway hunched over her walking stick as she spoke with me. In her eighties, she told me that she used to go to church but had now ceased the practice due to ill health. She had a number of illnesses, but asthma was the one most evident. As I spoke with …
It runs in the family
It was not uncommon for me to encounter one family who were plagued by violence, depression, alcohol or drug abuse. Usually the problem arose because of the habits of one member. Rich or poor, young or old, male or female, educated or uneducated, it made no difference – the effects upon that family were extremely disturbing for them at the least and devastating for them …
Anything that didn’t cost
In the gospel of John in the New Testament we read of several people who were followers of Christ for a time and then they walked away from Him. Basically they walked away because they knew a deeper commitment would be expected from each one of them if they stayed. They enjoyed being part of the in-crowd taking full advantage of His …
The pathway
When I first became a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, after experiencing His physical healing powers, it was nearly two years before I set foot inside a church. But from the moment I did so, I made up my mind I was going sit under the preaching and teaching of God’s word and apply it to …