It’s an astounding fact that western Christianity has largely made itself no Christianity at all. How is it that we’ve come from the early church, in which the apostles and the followers of Jesus were severely persecuted, to a place where following Jesus is made to be like having a boy- or girlfriend? In those…
Posts Categorized: Islam
Luke 9:57-62 – Costly Faith
How corrupted the Words and teachings of Jesus have become in these latter days! For anyone who has read the Bible to think that Jesus came to give us our best life now is a mystery. Well, maybe not. Satan’s purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy. Certainly his intent is to cause those who…
Judges 9:56-57 – Lethal Curses
Throughout the Old Testament, we see various curses being pronounced; some are by men, some by God. What we also typically see is a fulfillment of those curses. So, are curses real, and something we should be concerned about today? The account of Gideon with his victory over the Midianites ends poorly. God raised up…
Judges 6:31 – Contending for Baal
Why is it that those who follow other gods feel they have to protect their god; that he cannot do the work of protecting himself? I’m thinking specifically of Islam right now with the followers of Allah, but this certainly applies to every other god. All of them apparently need their followers to act in…
Judges 3:1-2 – To Test Israel
Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan. It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before….
Joshua 24:15 – Choosing Poorly
Both Moses and Joshua – righteous leaders of Israel – knew the dangers that would come upon God’s children if they reverted to their old ways of following other gods. They warned the people with Yahweh’s very Words numerous times, yet they were quite aware how deceitful the hearts of men were and their inclination…