by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. When asked the question, “What is the difference between the Christian God, and the gods of the other religions?” Pastor R.C. Sproul answered, “The main difference is this: “The God of Christianity...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In the biblical sense, what is really meant by the word “love?” Our culture often defines love in terms of emotion, and the way another person or thing makes us feel. But in a scriptural sense, love is the...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Titus 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine… We interpret “not given to wine” to mean not allowing wine to influence one’s thinking,...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We’ve all experienced what the Bible calls conviction— that “nudging” by the Holy Spirit, that heaviness of conscience, as God calls on us to change our ways. But what happens when we choose not to obey the...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. College has increasingly become a place where one’s faith in Jesus is being attacked. We know from multiple studies that many young people leave their faith while in college. It may not be intentional, but slowly,...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Only God knows the time and the hour when Jesus will come back (Mat 24:36), but we do know that His return is drawing closer and closer. As we observe increasing sin in the world and apostasy in the church, we know...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Distance from God is something that all Christians experience from time to time. Sometimes it might feel like prayers are unheard, but we must remember that we know they are heard (1 Pet 3:12). There might also be...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Question: I have heard the saying “all dogs go to heaven”, but animals don’t have a soul. Still, do our beloved pets go to heaven when they pass, and will we see them again? It is truly difficult to lose a pet...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Over six decades (around late 1910s-1980s), it’s counted that 205 people died in public shootings in America. Contrast that with the early 1980s unto today, in which more than 1,400 people have died in public...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. While words are “just words,” every word carries a meaning and an influence that is used to communicate and that’s why words matter. Our ability to use words to communicate is a gift from God called language. ...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Yes, there is sufficient evidence to prove God. There are ample proofs in nature that there is a creator, and the truths of the Bible assure us that this Creator is the God whom Christians worship and serve....
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Many people who don’t believe live good lives — good lives by worldly standards. But living a good life will not get anyone into Heaven. Jesus said that the way to enter Heaven is to be perfect (Mat...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. QuestionScience reports recent Hubble discoveries that show galaxies millions of light years from earth. If the light we see TODAY is from these galaxies, then that means the light left the surface of the galaxies...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Being a Christian means you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. It means that there was a time when you turned to Jesus in faith. ‘That means you trusted in His work on the cross as the complete and final...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. People sometimes portray hell as a party zone. Some have said, “When I die, I want to go to hell ’cause that’s where all my friends will be!” But if people understood what Scripture says about hell,...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible claims to be inspired and that means that the words are God’s words, given to man. There are many lines of evidence to support the divine origin of the Bible. Consider the following: Manuscripts: No other...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Let me answer this by giving an example of a college student that I met at a secular university who proudly introduced herself as an “ex-Christian.” She had begun to question God after prayers for a cancer-stricken...