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50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith

I don't often review books on my blog, but I'm so excited about Gregg Allison's new volume that I can't resist the temptation! I read through 50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith: A Guide to Understanding and Teaching Theology (Baker Books) quite a while back and found it to be the best, most informative, clearest, and most accessible short book on theology that I've ever...

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10 Things You Should Know about Suffering

Suffering is an unpopular but essential topic for Christians to understand. And it is nowhere more clearly explained than in 1 Peter. So here are ten things we can learn about suffering from this letter. (1) In 2 Corinthians 6:10 Paul describes himself as "sorrowful, yet always rejoicing". And in Colossians 1:24 he again declares, "I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake....

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10 Things You Should Know about the New Heaven and New Earth

Where will believers in Jesus spend eternity? It won't be on a cloud or a star in some distant galaxy. It will be on the sanctified and redeemed soil of the new earth. Here are ten things you should about what eternal life will be like in the new heaven and new earth. (1) According to Revelation 21:1 this present earth and the heavens above will "pass away" when Jesus Chri...

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Can God’s Existence be Proven?

Short answer: probably not. But that doesn't mean there aren't ways in which to determine with a high degree of probability whether or not God exists. Many have tried to articulate various arguments believed to be decisive in demonstrating that "God" exists, none more famous than the so-called "Five Ways" of Thomas Aquinas. Thomas died in 1274, just shy of his fiftieth bir...

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