The headline reads “Episcopal Minister defrocked after becoming a Muslim”. I suppose it should not really come as a shock that someone would convert from one religion to another. It should not even be a shock that someone who was a minister in a Christian church would convert. It happens. What is incredible to me [...]
Archive for the ‘Salvation’ Category
It is Really All About Jesus
Posted: April 2, 2009 in Jesus, Salvation, UncategorizedTags: 1 Corinthians 15, conversion, Is Jesus the Messiah, Is Jesus the only way to God, Islam, Jesus, Phili, Philippians 2
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What is the Direction of Your Relationship With Jesus?
Posted: March 31, 2009 in Christian Living, Jesus, SalvationTags: asking Jesus into your life, believing in Jesus, following Jesus, giving your heart to Jesus, Philipp, Philippians 2, radical discipleship, Romans 8:29
Think of it this way. Right now is your relationship with Jesus characterized more by Him coming towards you, or you going towards Him? Is Jesus pursuing the relationship with you or are you pursuing the relationship with Him? My contention is that most people would have to answer that the direction of the relationship [...]
Provocative Bible Verses: Working at Your Salvation
Posted: March 27, 2009 in Christian Living, Loving God, loving your neighbor, SalvationTags: great commandment, Loving God, loving your neighbor, Philippains 2:12, Philippians 2:13, Salvation, salvation and works, saved by grace or works, working out your salvation
The Bible is not nearly as complicated as people make it out to be. Yet, what I have learned is that it is simple enough that the least astute child can understand it’s depths and deep enough that the most skilled of scholars can never fully grasp it’s implications. This verse from Philippians comes to [...]
Provocative Bible Verses: Jesus Never Knew You!
Posted: February 25, 2009 in loving your neighbor, SalvationTags: Ephesians 2:8-9, faith and works, James 2:14, Matthew 25:31-46, salvation by faith, salvation by works, sheep and goats
You can’t read the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats without being just a little bit nervous about your eternal destiny. Now without a doubt, the Bible teaches that we are saved by faith in Christ and even that is not our own doing but a gift from God. Ephesians 2:8-9 is about as [...]
Provocative Bible Verses: Is Jesus the Only Way to Heaven?
Posted: February 17, 2009 in Provocative Bible Verses, SalvationTags: Buddhism, eternal life, Hinduism, Jesus only way, John 14:6, Romans 10:9, Salvation, Way to heaven
In an era that promotes tolerance as the highest of virtues and the idea that truth is relative, it is considered outrageous to claim that Jesus is the one and only, exclusive way, for people to attain eternal life. I have heard it more often than I can count; “What about all the people in [...]
