We have an infinite God who is beyond our control, but because that feels unsafe, we often remake him in our own image. In the book None Greater, Matthew Barrett says many of us have domesticated versions of God. We have explained away all the edges that shock us, but these small views of God...CLICK TO READ MORE.
There is an often overlooked event in Exodus chapter 4. It occurs right after the burning bush when Moses speaks with God and then sets out on a journey to do what God commanded. The passage says, "At the lodging place on the way, the Lord met him [Moses] and sought to put him to … Continue reading When God Came to Kill Moses
One of the most perplexing questions of the faith is this, “Why doesn’t God just reveal Himself? Why does He require us to believe what we can’t see?” It certainly would seem much easier to be a Christian if we could look up and see Jesus looking down at us. The preparations required to debate … Continue reading Why Does God Require Faith Without Sight?
What do you do when it seems you have to choose between two sins? For instance, the midwives in the Old Testament, do they lie and say that the Jewish women have their babies too quickly to kill them, or do they tell them the truth and fail to protect the babies (see Exodus chapter … Continue reading God’s Moral Law and Absolutism: Introduction
The Fight of Faith 