“Some Christians ONLY want enough of God, to say, they’re saved,”
Q: Your statement, “Some Christians only want enough of God, to say, they’re saved,” received good reviews; can you explain it and biblical illiteracy? A: America was once a nation that was immersed in sacred Scripture. As a matter of fact - Christians were known as “People of one book”. Today, noted scholars in various areas of academia speak of America as a “Post-Christian culture, in which agnosticism (a secular worldview) seems to be the prevailing belief system, ahead of
Q: What do you think is the average Christian’s understanding of God?
A:I can only give my opinion based on what I've observed from the local church viewpoint, as well as the ‘drama’ that played out on national TV, in the name of Christianity. Like most noted theologians and scholars, I too believe we have a biblical literacy problem in Christendom. Current statistics bear the facts out: read some of the major Christian researchers’ findings, such as, The Barna Research Group, LifeWay Research, The Pew Research Center, and Gallup poll - you will
This Thanksgiving & Christmas Season 2018: Let Us Give Thanks With A Grateful Heart, Because God Is With Us!
As we approach the ending of another year [2018], for Christians, nothing touches the heart of God more, than to see His children showing the God-centered gratitude, that our Lord demands and deserves; a sincere form of appreciation for who He is and for what He has done through us and for us. This [November] month, we know it best as Thanksgiving, a time of expressing profound gratefulness for His tender mercies, comfort, and spiritual guidance, as revealed in 2 Corinthians
Q: [Last question] now that we have a better understanding of Spiritual Gifts, can we lose them; and how many gifts do we have?
A: As you become more like the Bereans (Acts 17:11), who received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, to determined whether or not the things Apostle Paul was preaching, were so, you would come to the conclusion, that there are a number of scriptures to support the loss of effectiveness and fruitfulness, but, there is nothing in sacred Scripture to indicate the actual loss of gifts. I know some of my scholarly -minded friends are thinking
Q: How do we distinguish the difference between talents, natural abilities, and Spiritual Gifts? And what is the difference between Spiritual Gifts and Spiritual Fruit?
A:The bottom line is that all we have is from God, so in that sense, they are all gifts from God. However, Scripture appears to set apart spiritual gifts as something different from talents and natural abilities. Perhaps we could say that talents are natural abilities, which seem to be hereditary, and they seem to run in family genes. Unbelievers, as well as Believers, have talents. Perhaps we could say that natural abilities are either talents or gifts that have
Q: You’ve taught us how to study the Bible “SYSTEMATICALLY.” What system do YOU have in place, for quoting Scripture the way you do?
A:Now, that’s a good question! Some friends say, they don’t feel that they can memorize their way off a one-story building, much less remember Bible verses and/or where they are located in the Word of God. Due to the hectic pace of our day-to-day lives, it’s becoming increasingly hard for people to truly focus on what’s really important. In actually, all of us memorize do’s and don’tsevery day of our human lives…as well as important numbers we must store in the
Q: You explained the ‘Great Falling Away’ in 2 Thessalonians 2, during your Book of Revelation Seminar: Can you explain what it means to ‘Drift Away From Christ?
A:"Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;" (Hebrews 2:1-3) This verse, like
Q: We’ve read some of the comments from the previous article on having a ‘Deceitful Heart.’ How should a Christian deal with Anger?
A: Ephesians 4:26-27 states, “In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” The short earthly life of Jesus, in Scripture, has shown us that being angry, in itself, is not evil. Having a Certificate in Christian Counseling, I’ve counseled a number of believers, who have come into the sessions, quoting this verse of Scripture from the Apostle Paul, without knowing its true meaning
Q: Biblical ‘TRUTH’ is under assault; are our hearts still deceitfully wicked after we’re Saved?
A: When Christians quote this famous Bible passage, they’re quoting the Prophet Jeremiah 17:9, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” When we look at TV news, on a daily bases, and see the level of wickedness all around us, we normally find ourselves saying [self-consciously], “Man, some people are wicked to their core!” However, we don’t think of that particular person(s) being born-again. Nevertheless, we’ve also seen/heard of situations whereby some have professed Christ, and yet,
Q: “We would like to know, if a sinner can ‘REPENT” in a desperate moment of a crisis, meaning, they’re on their death-bed, and still receive the same salvation as a person, who’s been a Christian most of their earthly life?”
A: I’ve been in many debates over this ‘tricky’ question with many noted Bible colleagues of mine, even during fellowship periods at conferences, because they too have been asked this same question, during Q & A Sessions with their members, family and friends. And to be truthful about this so-called ‘Death-Bed Confession’, true (born again) believers get up and arms, when they hear this question (even) being discussed because, their consensus is always, “We endure to the end; we fight the good