Category: Theological issues

  • The cross – where God’s righteousness, justice, and love kiss

    This past Sunday we discussed one of the most difficult topics for Christians to address, the belief in hell and a God who judges.  In the message, I tried to explain that the Biblical idea of hell is a direct result of our understanding of the holiness of God.  God is perfect, beautiful, glorious, and…

  • The difference between doubt and unbelief

    I spoke to a few people this week and had an interesting question raised about Thomas from the story in John 20:24-29.  My son Andy stated it best, as he asked if Thomas was given in this passage as a model to follow or whether he was a picture of what not to be.  Often…

  • Bibliography for Doubting Your Doubts

    The upcoming series of messages is based on the book The Reason for God by Tim Keller.  But this book interacts with questions of doubt and challenges to the Christian world-view.  The following books are recommended reading to go along with this book on the subject.  Mike will be using many of these books in…

  • From skepticism to faith – Lee Strobel’s story

    The challenge for us in the series, Doubting your Doubts involves being honest with our faith presuppositions.  Whether you have been a Christian all your life, are in seek mode, or are a skeptic, you come to issues of faith with assumptions that often form your faith responses.  The goal is to examine those closely,…

  • The “One Anothers” of the New Testament

    This morning I will share in my message a key concept as it relates to people living in community with other Christians.  Throughout the New Testament, especially in the epistles (letters) the writers use the Greek pronoun allelion, which is a pronoun that marks reciprocation between two or more people or groups, and is most…