From Suspicion to Salvation: Understanding Jesus’ True Identity
SERMON • Who was Jesus, really? John 10:22–42 narrates Jesus’ unequivocal claims to deity as the Good Shepherd, as the Giver of eternal life, and as God the Son. Listen in to better grasp how Jesus affirmed his true identity while averting an angry mob intent on killing him for blasphemy.
49 min
How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil
Book Review • D.A. Carson, How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil, 2nd ed. (Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2006). Kindle Edition. 240 pp. $12.
Read time: 18 min
How Could a Good, All-Powerful God Allow Evil and Suffering?
Q&A • The Problem of Evil is a wrecking ball to unthoughtful faith and a trust-building gymnasium to those who ask hard questions and persevere to find biblical answers. Here I reason that (1) if we unwisely rule out God’s existence, good and evil lose all meaning, (2) God has morally sufficient reasons for allowing evil to be, and (3) only an all-powerful God can (and has promised to!) redeem and eradicate all evil in the end.
Read time: 9 min
He Came to His Own
SERMON • Jesus divides history and humanity into two kinds of people: those who believe in Him and those who do not. When the eternal Son of God entered the world he had made, most people rejected him. But all, who by God’s grace, welcomed Jesus were welcomed into God’s family. The same is true today.
42 min
Was God Morally Justified in Commanding Israel to Destroy the Canaanites?
Q&A • In the answer that follows, I explore the justification of God’s command for Israel to conquer Canaan by tracking the outworking of (1) God’s redemptive promises to Abram and (2) God’s just judgment upon the Canaanites’ wickedness, framing the question in light of both divine justice and mercy.
Read time: 6 min
Is Faith in God without Experiencing Divine Manifestations Warranted?
Q&A • To skepticism about the existence of God, I here argue that (1) a universal sense of the divine and (2) a universal moral law are two of many clues that point to God's existence.
Read time: 6 min
How Can We Today be Sure that Christianity’s Claims about Jesus are True?
Q&A • One way to answer this important question is to show that Christianity’s truth hinges on historical events, especially Jesus' resurrection, which is supported by reliable New Testament testimony and corroborated by historical and textual evidence. Read on to see what I mean.
Read time: 5 min