I recently heard Bill Johnson state: "'Most every believer confesses that God is Good. We have to, it's in the Bible. It's not the conviction of His goodness that threatens us. It's our definition of His goodness that has brought much debate, sometime conflict and turmoil into the family of God. If He is as […]

Is Our Salvation by Grace, or by Grace Through Faith? In the last year or two, there has been an issue that I have been aware of, but have not really addressed much. Recently, I have had some interesting discussions surrounding the balance of God's grace, in light of passages on works. In this article, […]

In The Beginning In terms of our origins and this debate of Creation vs. Evolution, at the end of the day, it comes down to the beginning, which is why the iconic intro to Genesis begins with answering the very question of “the beginning.” Our understanding of the very existence of God is intrinsically tied […]

It has been proposed that evil has not always existed and won’t exist in the future, because there won’t be evil in the eternal new heavens and earth. This assumes that these are the only places that will exist. But hell and the lake of fire will also exist. So, I ask you, is hell […]

The very existence of God brings about a certain polarity of opposites, namely good and evil. If there is goodness, there must also be evil. If not, then how can there be goodness? These two things are a continuum. They must either come into existence simultaneously or have always been in existence. They cannot exist […]