Articles

• Is Oral Sex Okay?

    I’m addressing this tricky question because someone wrote me wanting an honest answer based on Scriptural truth. If one person is asking this question, others are too (they just prefer to remain silent because it’s a TMI sort of topic). The Bible doesn’t specifically mention oral sex, but arguably implies it in a figurative […]

• The Basics of Christianity

  The Bible is voluminous and so it’s easy to go into detail on many subjects, which can get complicated, especially for those who are new to Christianity or those seeking to see if Christianity provides legitimate answers to the questions of life. As such, it’s important to stress the basics now & then so people […]

• What Is CONSCIENCE?

    Conscience is the God-given sense in people that distinguishes right and wrong. In other words, it’s an inner signal of universal morality. You could call it an intrinsic moral compass. Our Creator gave humanity conscience to steer us away from what’s morally wrong and toward what’s right. When a person ignores this built-in signal […]

• FORMS OF ART IN THE BIBLE, Including Music, Visual and Performance Art

  God’s imaginative creation of the Universe & Earth and all living things (chronicled in Genesis 1-2) can be described as art; after all, a lot of our art appreciation involves marveling at awesome displays of nature, amazing animals or attractive, charismatic people. This shows that art began with the LORD, the creator of the heavens […]

• Why You Shouldn’t Put Men or Women in a Box (Marriages too)

    Please be careful to not put people in a box, either gender; marriages too. For instance, Jacob was renamed Israel and became the progenitor of God’s nation on Earth, but he was a Momma’s boy who favored hanging around the tents while his half-brother, Esau, was a hairy manly man who preferred the outdoors […]

• Women of the Bible / Women in Ministry

  The reason this article combines the topics of women of the Bible and women in ministry is because the noble women of the Bible also functioned in God’s service in one capacity or another. In short, the two subjects go hand-in-hand. Of course the main question we want to tackle is whether or not women […]

• Is the Holy Spirit God or a Divine Force?

    Scripture reveals that God is One (Deuteronomy 6:4 & Isaiah 45:5-6,18) but also that there’s a tri-unity within that Oneness, as proven by several plain-as-day passages shown here. The most popular verse in the Bible clearly shows the distinction of God and the Son (John 3:16) with Philippians 2:11 more plainly distinguishing the former as God […]

• (Pseudo) Science Is the “New God” and Dubious Scientists Are the “New Gods”

  Whenever there’s a debate, each side will base their position on (1) their reasoning and (2) the authority or authoritative knowledge they accept, whoever or whatever either may be. For instance, when Christians debate a topic they’ll utilize the Holy Scriptures as their authority for doctrine & practice (1 Corinthians 4:6). Since those of us […]

• DRUG OBSESSION (Idolatry) Is of the Flesh

    Like any other earthly obsession, drug obsession becomes a form of idolatry wherein the person essentially worships drugs, illegal or legal. I personally experienced this curious practice growing up as a lost boy in the drug culture of the late ’70s. Before we get into that, let’s start by looking at the New Testament’s […]

• If Believers Have an Anointing to Teach Themselves, Why Do They Need Teachers? (1 John 2:27)

  This question arises from something John instructed in his first epistle to the believers from the circuit of assemblies he oversaw near Ephesus in what is today western Turkey: As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches […]