Of all the big questions about our faith in Christ that we sometimes struggle with, one of the biggest is this: “Can anyone be saved?” On a microlevel people may wonder if there is hope for “themselves”, or hope for some person who seems incapable of doing what is right? On a macrolevel the question...
Many of us who grew up in the evangelical church were immersed in the teaching that before Christ returns things will get really bad (the great tribulation), but before things get really bad God will suddenly remove the Christians from the world in an event known as “the rapture”. Everyone believed that, and then we...
Just what does the true Christian life look like? That is not an easy question. To some people, truly following Jesus means adopting an unreachable standard. To others it means “doing no harm”, and after that, doing whatever they want. If you sense that neither extreme is really the truth, then you are invited to...
The question of just where women fit into the Kingdom of God is a subject that is hotly debated in many churches. Although Christianity is nothing like what is portrayed in, “The Handmaid’s Tale”, some Christians have been taught that God intends women to be subordinate to men, or at least to stay in their...
