Category Archives: Salvation

The movie Chernobyl is about the nuclear disaster at a power plant in Ukraine in 1986.  The cause of this disaster was a combination of poor decisions made at the power plant during a test and governmental officials hiding defects … Continue reading →

Andrée Sen Peterson aptly describes the bankruptcy of modern thought. Truth is subjective—but my view is right and yours is wrong.   Values are impossible—but fight racism and sexism.  America is evil—but it’s unjust to keep anyone out.   Technology is ruinous—but … Continue reading →

Not many people are aware that Mark Twain wrote a very accurate historical novel about Joan of Arc.  It seems incongruous that the author who wrote A Pen Warmed Up in Hell should also write a very sympathetic novel about … Continue reading →

Oshkosh, Wisconsin is the home of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA).  Every year about this time they have a week-long celebration of aviation which they call AirVenture and it is among the largest in the world. A few years ago, … Continue reading →

Prior to taking off in an airplane, a safe pilot will consider several variables—the condition of the airplane, the weather, the origin and destination airports, and his or her physical condition.  Now even if a pilot does all of the … Continue reading →

In a recent Ethnos 360 magazine [1] on a page asking for donations, the advertiser gives the following statistics.  They state there are about 6,900 languages in the world.  Only 531 have the complete Bible and fewer than 2,000 languages … Continue reading →

As we have discussed in this blog and in my book, there are many passages in the Bible which requires we do more than just believe in Jesus and his death for our sins in order to be saved.  Unlike … Continue reading →

The Christians in North Korea face a most difficult situation.  They face prison, torture, and even death for their faith.  Conditions are so severe that:  “Most of North Korea’s Christians do not engage in the extremely dangerous work of proselytizing. … Continue reading →

Andrew Brunson, the American pastor who was held in prison in Turkey for over two years, was recently released.  Speaking of his ordeal, he commented that:  “Sometimes it’s harder to live for God than to die for God”. [1] We … Continue reading →

Christianity is one of the world’s great religions.  But what is a religion?  Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary defines religion as:  a set of beliefs and practices concerning the cause, nature, and purposes of the universe.  Christianity definitely does that. … Continue reading →