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Category Archives: Doubt Busters
Does God help those who help themselves?
I don’t know the origins of this phrase, but it sounds like an observation born out of experience, or possibly someone struggled with trying to make sense of the relationship between God’s work and man’s work, and he came up … Continue reading
Why does the Bible talk about Israel signing a peace treaty?
Daniel 9:24-27 gives us a sweeping, end-times prophecy from Christ’s first coming to His Second Coming. Verse 27 tells us about the final seven years before Christ sets up His kingdom. It all begins with someone making an agreement, or … Continue reading
Posted in End Times
Tagged 7 years, abomination of desolation, antichrist, Daniel, end of the world, end of the world in 2012, end times, Israel, prophecy, temple, treaty with Israel
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Couldn’t God just forgive instead of sending His Son to die?
Why couldn’t God just forgive all our wrongdoings? Because it would be like a judge who, faced with a murderer, stood up from his seat and said, “I forgive you.” Not only would he shock the courtroom and outrage the … Continue reading
Why is it that many people get into religion when they’re down on their luck and not when they’re happy and enjoying life?
People are more readily predisposed to get help when they have been devastated by some physical or emotional loss and are unsure of how to help themselves. In many cases, they will try to cope with their problem with drugs, … Continue reading
You defend your religion because you’re biased, right?
A bias is the same as having a particular view of the world. Everyone has a bias. The atheist’s religious bias is that there is no God. A Christian’s religious bias is that there is a God and he created … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Spirituality, Society and Culture
Tagged assumptions, atheists, bias, Christians, worldview
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How can you be hungry for God?
How do you stay hungry for God? That’s easy to answer. Never be satisfied with the world, the flesh, or the devil, and always strive for something beyond what you can attain on your own. As long as you are … Continue reading
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Was the mark of Cain God’s curse on him?
Here is the passage in question. As we see, Cain kills his brother, God confronts him with it, then the mark is applied: And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the … Continue reading
How can I be sure I’m really believing by faith?
One of the reasons you are confused about faith is because it has been ruthlessly redefined beyond recognition. Some people in religion have defined it as a power, while secularists have mocked it as believing contrary to proof. Both are … Continue reading
How could you love a God who told father Abraham to kill his son?
Here is the passage referred to: And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only … Continue reading
Posted in Violence and Atrocities
Tagged Abraham, children, killing, murder, sacrifice
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If the punishment for sin is eternal punishment, then how could Jesus’ 3 days in the grave be enough?
Some question whether Christ suffered enough for our sins. After all, He was on the cross for only a few hours, and less than four days in Hell. So how could that be punishment enough for the sins of the … Continue reading