The first of the two big questions in life is, “Who made us?” We addressed that question in the previous article and (hopefully) settled upon “God” as the answer. As we are creation, God is the Creator. Now, let us turn to the second “big question,” which is, “Why are we here?” Well, why are …
In the previous two parts of this series, we answered the two “big questions.” Who made us? God. Why are we here? To serve and worship Him. A third question naturally arose: “If our Creator made us to serve and worship Him, how do we do that?” In the previous article I suggested that the …
True belief has a reward in the hereafter. Disbelief does too, buuuut … you don’t want it. Such has been the message of all the prophets—each and every one of them. How can we justify an afterlife? Well, where else can the injustices of this life be rectified, if not in an afterlife? What we …
Idolatry It is a strange irony that those who reverence stones live in glass ideologies. —L. Brown Idolatry—every monotheist abhors the thought, and yet many commit the crime themselves. Few today fully grasp the complexities of this issue, for the definition of idolatry has been buried beneath nearly 1,700 years of church tradition. The …
John 3:16 – Now what do you say to THAT, you stupid heathen? I’m sure I am not the only one who wonders what “John 3:16” zealots are thinking. You see them everywhere, plastering this biblical verse on everything from sports placards to ‘Jesus Rifles.’ Now, unless your head is stuck in quarterback Tim Tebow’s …
John 3:16 – Now what do you say to THAT, you stupid heathen? (Part 2 of Dr. Laurence Brown’s refutation of John 3:16) Our lives are clouded with eternal truths and intriguing cosmic mysteries. How do food factories remove the little bits from chunky peanut butter for those who want it creamy? Why do all …
John 3:16 – Now what do you say to THAT, you stupid heathen? (Part 3 of Dr. Laurence Brown’s refutation of John 3:16) In the first two installments of this series, we established the following: John, the disciple, almost certainly did not write the gospel known as ‘John;’ Bible translators illegitimately capitalized ‘his’ and ‘him’ …
John 3:16 – Now what do you say to THAT, you stupid heathen? (Part 4 of Dr. Laurence Brown’s refutation of John 3:16) In the 1969 film, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, they shot Jane Fonda, didn’t they? Now, I’m not stupid. I understand the metaphor. Or is it a simile – it’s all the …
John 3:16 – Now what do you say to THAT, you stupid heathen? (Part 5 of Dr. Laurence Brown’s refutation of John 3:16) The lynchpin of John 3:16 and, for that matter, of the entire Christian concept of redemption by faith, is the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. John 3:16 tells us: “For God so …
Now what do you say to THAT, you stupid heathen? (Part 6 of Dr. Laurence Brown’s refutation of John 3:16) Okay, I get it; John 3:16 (“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”) – it’s a practical …
