Our friends at WCG produced a paper in 2004 titled “Does God Have a Body?” As you can well imagine, it is so much hoo-ha and hand waving. The idea that God has “no form” comes from the Catholics. Along with the doctrine of the Trinity, it seems that the…
There was a Barna survey that revealed that 30% of “born again” Christians did not believe that Christ returned to life after He was crucified (Wayne Jackson, Christian Courier, May 9, 2003, Resurrection: Literal, or Merely Symbolic?). IOW, they did not believe in a bodily resurrection. Jackson states earlier in…
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took…
For there are three that bear record [in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth,] the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. ~ 1Jn 5:7-8 As much…
Obviously, I’ve been too preoccupied with other things. Some of you know my circumstances, and you may reason that I’m being a bit hard on myself, but the reality is that I somehow missed this in the hustle and bustle of life’s events. I just found out today, via COG…
[This is an updated article that originally appeared at the old blog location] He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. ~ Pr 12:11 (KJV) What is a “cult”? While it is usually true that cults are…
In Part 1, we explored “Who Is God?” In Part 2, we explored “What Is Man?” In Part 3, we saw that “Man Fails the Test”. In Part 4, we explored “What Are Angels and Who Is Satan?” In Part 5, we explored “Why Israel?” In Part 6, we looked…
Well, I’m continung to take a crack at a divisive topic. It might be more accurate to say “a set of divisive topics”. These are the things that church splits are made of. I’m going to mark this one as an “Editorial” because these are my opinions. If you haven’t…
Well, I’m going to take a crack at a divisive topic. It might be more accurate to say “a set of divisive topics”. These are the things that church splits are made of. I’m going to mark this one as an “Editorial” because these are my opinions. The interesting thing…
In Part 1, we explored “Who Is God?” In Part 2, we explored “What Is Man?” In Part 3, we saw that “Man Fails the Test”. In Part 4, we explored “What Are Angels and Who Is Satan?” In Part 5, we explored “Why Israel?” If you have missed any…