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JESUS CHRIST; FACT OR FICTION

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on June 2, 2015 at 1:58pm

by Daniel Dela Dunoo

Quite recently, two Ghanaian music artistes, namely Mzbel and Black Rasta on separate platforms emphatically stated that Jesus Christ is a fictional character and not a historical figure as taught by the Church (and as contained in the New Testament of the Bible). They insist that the stories surrounding Jesus Christ as contained in the Bible were made up and claim they arrived at such conclusions through research. Their assertions were given much publicity in the Ghanaian

How To Get "In" With God

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 17, 2015 at 1:45am

by Abby Kelly

I love semantics. As a writer, verbal sparring often leaves me gasping for breath, but, give me a paper and a pen (and a dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia) and I'll bury you in etymology.

Recently, I was sidetracked from an entire morning of Bible study by the tiny little word, "in", and more accurately, its absence.

Genesis 15:6 says, " And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness."

Principally, when we're discussing imputed righteousness with other Chris

What's Halloween About Anyway?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 18, 2014 at 2:38am

by Brian Allison

Should Christians observe Halloween? That is a question over which there has been much debate. In this article, I want to do two things: 1) state the history and nature of Halloween; 2) present a Christian perspective on Halloween.

What is Halloween? Halloween is a annual festive occasion for many children. On the eve of October 31st, many children dress up in costumes and go from house to house, knocking on the doors (often calling out, "Trick or treat!"), in order to receive

Where Is God? God is Partially in Control Part 2

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 7, 2014 at 10:26pm

I was once at a Bible Study where one of the members remarked how God was with him that morning on his way to work. He had been running late and began to pray for green traffic lights. Sure enough, most of the lights he encountered were green, and he was able to make it to work on time.

I openly questioned his interpretation of the events to the group and was surprised to hear them agree with him. God somehow altered the lights to allow the man to make up lost time. I continued to argue, saying

Where Is God? God is in Total Control Part 1

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 7, 2014 at 5:29pm

After every catastrophe, tremendous loss of human life, or national crisis, someone asks the inevitable question: "Where was God?"

There are three possibilities for God's role in humanity. The first is that God is in complete control of everything that happens. The second is that God does intervene but only at select times. The third possibility is that God for whatever reason has no role in humanity, and we control our own lives. Let's examine all three.

From at least the Christian perspective,

What Is Love? -- God's Point-Of-View (Part Two)

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on February 19, 2014 at 1:07pm

by Bobby Bruno

Here, in Part Two, we will continue looking at love from God's point-of-view through the definitions of love from the pages of a Bible dictionary. God's love is far, far different from the world's view of love. God's love is real, never forced or coerced from Him to us. God will never force His love on those who do not want it, but He will wait until their deaths for their call to Him to save them from a life without Him in eternal hell. Once a person has died without acknowledgin

Bible Study: Is America A Christian Nation?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 4, 2013 at 12:26pm

Lately, there has been much discussion about whether or not America is a "Christian Nation". Some are sure that it is, some are just as adamant that it is not. The term has sometimes been elevated to the status of a magic phrase whereby merely attributing it to America somehow assures us of God's protection and blessing.

However, can America rightly be called a "Christian nation"? The answer to this question hinges on the definition we assign to the phrase "Christian Nation." The simple definiti

Beware of Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on April 24, 2013 at 3:30am

by Robert Driskell

Jesus warned his followers to "Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves" (Matthew 7:15). There are many who claim to be Christians today who are in the business of leading people into false belief in order to take advantage of them. Televangelists constantly promise financial peacefor a sacrificial donation to their ministries. Faith healers claim that they have been gifted by God to heal others, but if you don't get

Y'Shua is GOD!

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 30, 2013 at 4:44pm

by Lyn Ventura

"He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted."Isaiah 53:3-4

Many people of Jesus' time despised Jesus. He represented all they were not; all they couldn't be, holy, righteous, kind, and full of love and forgiveness. He was (and is) God. Jesus i

Natural Disasters and the Judgment of God

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 13, 2013 at 9:39am

by Anthony Weber

Whenever America experiences a large natural disaster or "act of God," in insurance company lingo - the inevitable question resurfaces in Christian circles: What is God angry about? What did we do?It's a popular topic every time a storm hits, especially if it hits where we don't live.

Usually, the apparent target of God's wrath is a particular situation or people group about which the person claiming clarity happens to feel very strongly ("It's the homosexual abortion doctor!

apologetics (10)

JESUS CHRIST; FACT OR FICTION

How To Get "In" With God

What's Halloween About Anyway?

Where Is God? God is Partially in Control Part 2

Where Is God? God is in Total Control Part 1

What Is Love? -- God's Point-Of-View (Part Two)

Bible Study: Is America A Christian Nation?

Beware of Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

Y'Shua is GOD!

Natural Disasters and the Judgment of God

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