
Do Christians have to believe God is God on Easter?
Do Christians have to believe God is God? I know, it seems like a stupid question. Until I read an article at salon.com titled, Do Christians believe God resurrected Jesus from the dead? Well, it's complicated. Really? It's complicated? How complicated can it be? If God is God, then why ...

Life with cancer – from patience to trust and hope
Life with cancer - from patience to trust and hope. I knew it was going to happen. The only question was when. After prostate removal, the biopsy showed my cancer was more aggressive than previous biopsies indicated. It also showed more cancer than what was expected. Finally, it also showed ...

Is strong Christian faith needed before God will heal us?
Is strong Christian faith needed before God will heal us? Some people say absolutely yes. Strong Christian faith will bring miraculous healing from God. On the other end of the spectrum, there are also some who say there aren't any miracles anymore. Various reasons are given for the lack of ...

If you want to walk on water … expect a storm
If you want to walk on water … expect a storm. If you want to walk on water is the beginning of a great John Ortberg book. His book title ended with You’ve got to get out of the boat. I borrowed the first part but switched out the ending ...

What religion was Abraham?
What religion was Abraham? After all, he is claimed as the father of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Two of those religions took one path to get from Abraham to their religions that exist today. However, the other one took a different path to get from the man who used to ...

Is your spiritual life private?
Is your spiritual life private? My question is for Christians. And it arises from an article I just read titled, Fifty six percent of Christians Feel Their Spiritual Life Is Entirely Private. If you only read the title, and you have a private spiritual life, a reasonable conclusion is that ...

A trip to Hell on the way to Heaven?
What if we're on the way to Heaven - and we have to take a detour? A trip to Hell. Some think the Bible says Jesus went to Hell during the time between His death on the cross and His resurrection on the third day - what we now know ...

All dogs go to Heaven, don’t they?
All dogs go to Heaven, don't they? It probably sounds like a strange question for my site about God and religion. Well, not really. It's actually very relevant, at least to me. And maybe you’ll think it is for you also ...

Jesus healed a leper. Why was more required?
Jesus healed a leper. Why was more required? Do you remember? But if he was healed, why did Jesus tell him to go see a priest? The event is recorded in three of the Gospels. And they all tell it pretty much the same way. All three leave us with ...

Everything happens for a reason at that time …
Everything happens for a reason at that time _____. I was adding what I thought was a simple side note to an article. It turned out to not be simple at all. So it became its own thing. It's a look at the impact of three short words. Only ten ...