by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
We believe in a pre-Trib Rapture because we believe that is what the Bible teaches. The Tribulation is a seven-year period, the seventieth week of Daniel’s prophecy (Daniel 9), not a 3 ½ year period. [Read: What is the Seventieth Week of Daniel?] It will be the time...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
In Genesis 2:4 it switches from simply “God,” as used repeatedly in Genesis 1, to LORD God. Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, Why the...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
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 exists.” Indeed, Christianity is unique among the...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
No one really knows where this idea originated. The question must be asked, why would the 13th day of the month be “unlucky” if it falls on a Friday? And, how should Christians feel about Friday the 13th? Before we consider the origins of Friday the 13th, let’s...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
God sent down fire from Heaven every time a sacrifice was consumed. However, in the Old Testament, there are at least seven very significant recorded occurrences of fire from Heaven: Fire from Heaven destroyed Job’s flocks (Job 1:16). Sodom and Gomorrah were...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
There are a lot of churches in every city. From denominational to non-denominational and fellowship gatherings, it can be a difficult task to find a church home. So, how does one know which is a good church to attend? The best way to qualify a good church is to...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
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 commitment to meet another’s need. Commitment breeds action,...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
The Bible does not tell us exactly how long Job suffered. We know that his suffering began with the death of his servant and the loss of his livestock and got progressively worse with the deaths of his children and his physical afflictions. However, we do not know...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
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, words, or actions, in any way or to any extent. The...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Q. Is it possible for Satan to actually put thoughts in our minds? Can we tell if sinful thoughts are from ourselves or from Satan? A. Satan cannot enter into a blood-bought, Holy Spirit sealed Christian. He can mess with us on the outside, but he cannot enter in, or...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
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 promptings of God? Many Christians have wondered, “Will the...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
The popular Christmas story, “The Gift of the Magi,” was written by William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), using the pseudonym, “O’ Henry.” The plotline of O’Henry’s Christmas story has captivated readers around the globe: A young couple was deeply in love, but...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
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, over the four to five years in college, faith in...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
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 that God has promised that Jesus will return to judge...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
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 times when reading the Bible feels unfulfilling, but...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
A rock too big to move is an “oldie-goldie” apologetics question. Be ready with an answer. The challenge inherent in this question is whether there is something God cannot do. Either God can make a rock so big He cannot lift it or God cannot make a rock big enough...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
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 because they become like family. My wife is a dog groomer,...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
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 shootings. From 205 in a span of 60 years to 1,400 in...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
Some Christians will talk about intelligent design and claim that it points to God and proves evolution false, but that’s not really true.Intelligent design, which is sometimes called ID, points to the apparent order in the universe and infers that it could not...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
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. How we use language is a choice by man and as with most...
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