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Approximate Reading Time: 15 minutes(This article also includes a 2-part podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) In Part 1 we look at the basics of the Jehovah’s Witness worldview. In Part 2 we took a deeper dive into specific beliefs to see not only what they believe, […]
What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? Part 3: Giving Them the Gospel Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 22 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) (If you just want a big idea in order to read Part 3, read the section on Terms, the two main headings about Christ, and the section about Control) In Part 1,
What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? Part 2: Important Things to Know Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 10 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) For Christians, there can be nothing more terrifying than a Jehovah’s Witness. We use the same words, learn about God from the same Bible, yet somehow we arrive at totally different conclusions.
What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? Part 1: Answering the 5 Big Questions about Life Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesIn Part 1 of this discussion (link), we discussed that faith is a 3 step process, using a chair to better understand it. Step 1: We must acknowledge that the chair exists Step 2: We must examine and see that the chair meets some qualifications we require to trust it Step 3: We prove that
Biblical Faith vs Modern Faith (Part 2): Taking the First Step Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) The world loves faith. Having faith gives us hope, peace, and a sense of calm. Whenever we doubt ourselves, we just need a friend to come beside, hug our shoulders, and say
Biblical Faith vs Modern Faith (Part 1): What Is Faith? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) History is filled with stories of those who came to Christ after first being convinced of God’s necessary existence. Likewise, there are many who have fallen away because it made more sense
Arguments For (and Against) God’s Existence Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesIn an age of scientific discovery, the origins of the universe seem all but certain. Though we can’t go back and see what happened, the majority of the educated world believes in some form of “big bang” start to the universe. Then there are those weird Christians who seem to stand in stark defiance to
What Is “Young Earth Creationism”? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutesWhat’s true for you isn’t true for me. Just because I think something is wrong doesn’t mean you have to. Different strokes for different folks. These statements, and more, continue to gain popularity and momentum in our culture because they are perfect examples of relativism. Truth? More like preference. The concept of relativism goes back
Absolute Truth vs Relative Truth: Two Mortal Enemies Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesAs Christians, what we believe to be true puts us against the vast majority of the world. Everyone believes something about truth, yet few have the God of the universe as their source of discovering it. That’s why we need to be ready to answer questions not only about sin and salvation but about everything
65 Theology Questions People Will Ask You Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Listen on your Apple or Android podcast app.) My last article was a tough one, taking a very heavy and honest look at my own mental health history and trying to understand that my problem, at the root, was spiritual. Psychology could only look at surface-level symptoms, but
Christians and Psychology (Part 5): Finding the Better Solution Read More »