When we look, as we must, to Scripture itself for answers regarding salvation, we must not passively skim over the words and insist that the answers jump out at us of their own accord. We must read attentively and apply our whole minds to the task. The Lord is generous,
Dealing with some popular misunderstandings which make good answers to the question "can I be saved" harder to find
Given the popularity of the word, you'd think love would be the sort of word everyone knew the meaning of. People talk about being "in love." About what products and services and restaurants they love. Approximately way too freaking much of the entertainment industry is designed
Let us now consider what it means for an answer to be satisfactory in this context. A satisfactory answer to most any question which has to do with the word of God is, first, one which includes well-defined, Scripturally-supported criteria for each possibility expressed by the question it seeks to
To ask "can I be saved" at all means several important things about the person who asks. For one thing, the question only means anything if one believes that there is something to be saved from, that there is a category of person who can be saved from
A discussion of why having happiness as one's highest goal is both ineffective and dangerous
The Bible, to which all Christian doctrine must be subject (2 Timothy 3:15-17, Numbers 23:19, Acts 17:11), expresses God's will in two primary ways. Each of these modes of expression, while belonging to the same God, can be thought of as a distinct "voice.
A dangerous assumption is made by much of the world. We often think that "everyone wants to be happy." But as we all know what they say about assumptions, I thought it worth producing a short document in order to assist those who have always aspired to lasting