Oct 24, 2024
Did God ever come into being?
The last half of John 1-3 states, "Apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. Does this imply that some things never came into being?" I'm going to stop right there and answer that part of the question. The whole point of that phrase, "apart from Him nothing came into being tha...
Oct 24, 2024
Did God create music or is it part of God's essence?
Did God create music or is music a part of God's essence? Are there styles of music that are inappropriate for us to use in worship or in general, and is there anything essentially sinful about some kinds of music? The question is, "I just listened to a presentation by Creation Today which left me...
Oct 23, 2024
The Protestant Reformation: Looking Back and Ahead
Who Were the Heroes of the Protestant Reformation?
In the first installment of this series of articles, I briefly explained that the Protestant Reformation—more commonly just “the Reformation”—consisted of an effort in 16th century Europe to reform the unbiblical teachings of the Roman Catholic Church regarding how a person was able to receive forgiveness of sin from God. The Roman Catholic Church demanded good works, money, and penance in order to secure God’s grace, while the reformers taught that “by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one could boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Oct 21, 2024
The Protestant Reformation: Looking Back and Ahead
What Was the Protestant Reformation?
It is somewhat of a paradox that the name “Protestant Reformation” (more commonly known just as the “Reformation”) is made up of two words which are kind of ironic. “Protestant”—meaning someone who is protesting—no longer carries the same meaning that it did 500 years ago. Now “Protestant” is used to generally refer to any Christian church or denomination that is not Roman Catholic. And the word “Reformation” is ironic because it never happened. That’s right, the Reformation never happened.
