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God doesn't provide "proof", He provides "evidence". You see, proof will NEVER be enough to convince the skeptic, they will always demand more. Consider the Pharisees who witnessed the feeding of the multitudes with a few loaves and fishes, but then immediately afterwards asked, "What sign do...

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (Mark 8:36) Eternity is a LONG time, ESPECIALLY after the money is no longer of value. Just sayin'...

I agree, that is the ideal, but as I stated, it is sometimes very difficult to separate politician from issue. Strong personalities and opinions are frequently the driver and sustainer in the political arena. Without some restraining arbiter (the Holy Spirit?), it is the rare person who "takes...

May the "God who owns the cattle on 1000 hills" meet your every need, financial, spiritual and physical, it the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ! If He feeds the birds and cloths the flowers of the field, how much more will He care for you? Trust in Him...

Here's the problem: most policies (and sometimes the attitudes BEHIND them) promoted by a politician are often generated or motivated by the personality OF the politician. It is very difficult to separate them, but necessary if we're going to have any meaningful discussion. Only when people...

I don't know of ANYWHERE that any state has made this assertion. You might, but the states simply claim the right and authority that it's citizens have granted it to pass laws for the benefit of all. You may disagree with both the benefit and the "justness" of those laws, but that is the beauty...

There are several things I would ask myself: 1) How much time am I spending on this game? 2) How much money am I spending on this game? 3) Is Jesus (whom I SAY is Lord of my life) pleased with how I'm investing my (actually HIS) time & money? 4) Is there a BETTER way to meet the...

Thanks, Little Lantern for your . They are actually quite helpful in guiding me in future situations. As I posted previously, I am not "officiating" at this service, and in fact may only go to the viewing, if that. It would be to support my wife as she supports her friend. But my predicament...

I would just see this as a worldly euphemism for "killed them", nothing more. Think about it: if he shot a Christian, he didn't "send them to hell", did he? But yes, in another sense, all who die (or are killed) appear next before Christ.

Sorry, I guess I read "conflicting messages". You began saying and concluded with I just see it as difficult to present the Gospel to those who you would view in such a light. Sorry if I misunderstood your intent.

Thankfully, this is NOT the case. I suppose I am just venting my frustration about attending funerals (and even viewings) in general. Chevyontheriver pretty well summed it up as: It's just hard to listen quietly when everything IN me wants to shout, "It didn't have to BE this way! For THEM, it...

Thanks to you also, as I stated above, I need to be reminded that it is about their spiritual state, NOT how I feel about their opinions of me. But again... I need to say WHATEVER is said humbly and in love. I think I may need to have that last part tattooed on my forehead so I see it again...

I've got to disagree with you on a couple of point... First, sharing the Gospel with my non-believing friends is both my obligation and my privilege! (Finding the right time and WAY is often my dilemma, hence the original post...) If I don't share Christ, who WILL??? As to "these memories will...

Thanks for the reminder. In today's era of "non-offensiveness", I sometimes forget that people sometimes need to hear what they have no desire to hear. That's part of the Christian's task, isn't it? To declare an unpopular message, but to ALWAYS do it in a loving fashion. I'm working on that...

Chuck Colson said: "How could the Gospel NOT be true? How could it POSSIBLY have been a fabrication or a lie? All of the apostles (save John) went to their GRAVES as martyrs fiercely defending the events that they declared for decades! But recently, a handful of men involved in Watergate...

Well, let's start out by recognizing that "...the first shall be last and the last shall be first"? Being a minister of Christ is not a "vocation" (like choosing to be a doctor or a plumber). It is a calling by God to be His servant. (Kinda self contradictory to aspire to be a "great servant"...

Well, here I am again, facing the one situation I dread more than just about anything else. I'd rather have the flu or diahrea or even be forced to watch back-to-back reruns of “The View” than deal with what I'm looking at. You'd think that, being a Christian for over forty years, I'd have...

While I would agree that Scripture may "come at truth" from a variety of perspectives, it is still approaching the same truth. When interpretations, denominational perspectives or "folk theology" clearly indicate a belief that cannot be plainly and strongly drawn from Scripture, we now have a...

Just a thought for next year, approaching it from your kids direction... I have a friend who waits til near Halloween every year and tells their children, "For every present you receive at Christmas, you must select something you have NOW to pass on to another child who has less. You have...

I would agree with one above post, that many sincere and devout Christians might casually make the first three statements, either through inability to explain (who can, fully?) or just as a broad and general statement. But the last statement that all "worship the same God" is blatantly false...