by E.O. | Nov 19, 2025 | God's Sovereignty, Hell
Fire is associated with three major themes in the Bible: fire that indicates the presence of God, fire that God uses to consume evil, and fire that is used by God to refine and purify. Many have cited biblical language that suggests a connection between fire and...
by E.O. | Oct 4, 2025 | God's Sovereignty
Voltaire’s Perfect World Voltaire put it this way: “All’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds.” There is reason to challenge this statement from a hypothetical standpoint. For example, the best of all possible worlds might actually be a horrible place if...
by E.O. | Aug 4, 2025 | God's Sovereignty, Politics, Triumphal Entry
I had never heard the Romans did their own parade of power during Passover. This caused me to think that maybe Andrew Thayer was onto something. Maybe Jesus’ Palm Sunday entry was a kind of parody. But the more I thought about it the less likely Thayer’s idea seemed...
by E.O. | Sep 6, 2022 | Christianity, Deliverance, God's Love, God's Nature, God's Sovereignty, Grace, Salvation
Good News Christianity is sometimes referred to as the Good News. What’s so good about it? Even if you don’t believe in the God of the Christians, you ought to know what Christians believe, in order to understand why billions of people have chosen to believe. The Good...
by E.O. | Jul 20, 2022 | God's Sovereignty, Jesus as God, John the Baptist
Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over purification. And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”John answered, “A...
by E.O. | Feb 14, 2022 | God's Love, God's Sovereignty, Human Nature
John 3.17-21 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name...
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