Recently I was asked if I was Unitarian or Trinitarian. It’s a good question and I’ll post my answer here in case any other readers are wondering! First of all what do these terms mean? The Christian doctrine of the Trinity teaches that three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit make up one Godhead. [...]
Recently I received an email suggesting that perhaps I had not had the “born again experience”. That got me to thinking – what exactly is the “born again experience”? Here is the scripture where Jesus speaks of being born again: John 3:1-7 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of [...]
What is Salvation? We could say that salvation is a condition or state of the soul. From the Christian perspective, here are a few characteristics that seem to be universally accepted. 1. The “saved” state occurs in the afterlife. 2. That state becomes permanent at some point after the judgment day. 3. Salvation puts you [...]
What should we call God? When you’re communicating with God, how do you refer to God? Do you call Him Father? God? Lord? Yahweh? Some see God as feminine – so perhaps Mother? The thing is – many people have some very strong ideas about how we must refer to God to be successful in [...]
I know it’s counterintuitive but have you ever wondered if you just might be able to deepen your communicating with God by reading The Bible less? Christians are taught that the Bible is the inspired word of God. For them, The Bible becomes the last word on almost every issue. The teaching persists that if [...]