The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: What the Bible Says About Hoarding & Price Gouging

The present coronavirus pandemic serves as a stark reminder that we truly live in a fallen world full of fallen people who allow crises to bring out the worst in them. It also serves as a reminder that the fallen people in this fallen world have the potential of redemption through faith in Christ when...

Is Australia Reaping What It Sowed?

With all the devastation happening with the bushfires in Australia, my prayers go out to the people there. Yet in the midst of my concerns for all they're suffering there, I have to wonder--what is or has contributed to all the devastation? I've noticed that talking heads on the news have been following the advice...

Creationist Jay Seegert Discusses Some Scientific Accuracies in the Bible

Physicist and creationist Jay Seegert of Wisconsin visited this week with David Rives of David Rives Ministries to discuss how recent scientific discoveries confirm what the Bible says about the origins of oceans, human genetics, genetic mutations, how evolutionists have had to correct their models or theories based on these discoveries, and other related topics....

The Netherlands’ Rising Drug Crimes Rate Makes Them Look Like a Narco State

Although, technically, the Netherlands has not legalized drugs, it has had a "tolerant policy" toward "soft drugs" like marijuana since the 1970s. The policy was adopted by the liberal government to alleviate drug problems by providing government controls to regulate their distribution and use as opposed to continuing the ongoing failures of trying to eradicate...

The Free Will of Angels

https://www.facebook.com/CrossExamined.org/videos/581509045746603/ In the Facebook video above, Christian apologist Frank Turek answers the question that highlights the fact God gave free will to angels before he created humans. Another subject that came up in his answer was the fact that God does not redeem angels--the redemption plan was only for mankind. Although Turek doesn't go into...

Catastrophes Can Be Used to Highlight God’s Remedies

It can be a horrifying thing when we witness the decline or destruction of a society, nation, or city that was once known for its cultural advances and vitality. One modern example of is the South American nation of Venezuela. It was at one time the pride of Latin America because of its wealth that...

Deceit and Evil Imaginations Are Inseparable

God supplies us with an abundance of basic principles for spiritual discernment and spiritual maturity in his word, from Genesis all the way to Revelation. He shares those doctrines with us out of love so we can strive for spiritual excellence to grow in our relationship with him and to ultimately glorify him. All day...

Grasping the Honor of God by Rejecting an Obsession with the Honor of Men

The Lord Jesus expressed his love for people in a variety of ways in the gospels. His love was not only displayed in his forgiveness, spending time with people, and miracles, it was also displayed in his frankness by telling people what they needed to hear about themselves. He definitely was not one to try...

Sometimes Stereotypes and Stigmas Can Secure Us

As fallible human beings, we sometimes can make assumptions about individuals or groups of people based on what we've been told or based on what we've seen that lead us to make generalizations regarding them. The Bible teaches us not to be respecters of persons (i.e. showing favoritism) or to dismiss, unjustly judge, or look...