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Intense Evil – What is our Response?

This was in a Facebook post today from my friend, Karyl Entner: “Grim details in an e mail from my cousin, veteran missionary, Jim Entner. He sent on an urgent request to pray for Christians in Iraq. Two separate missionaries contacted him with the prayer request. The ISIS is going house to house in a townContinue reading “Intense Evil – What is our Response?”

Questions You Have Asked: “How Come God Made the Solar System, Since We Can’t Use It?

A great question from Sofie,  a 9-year-old girl: “How come God made the solar system, since we can’t use it?” If I was going to put this in my own words, here’s what I would say:  “What is the point of a solar system full of planets and stars which we will never be ableContinue reading “Questions You Have Asked: “How Come God Made the Solar System, Since We Can’t Use It?”

Questions You Have Asked: Why Does God Allow Suffering or Need?

Why does God allow suffering or need? There are no accidents with God.  No “oops”!  He is never up in heaven wringing His hands.  If you don’t learn anything else from your reading and study of scripture, you can’t help but see that God has a plan.  He patiently, purposefully, and calmly brings that planContinue reading “Questions You Have Asked: Why Does God Allow Suffering or Need?”

Questions You Have Asked: Why Would Anyone Want to Hear My Story?

I’ve heard I should tell my story of knowing Jesus to others…but why would anyone want to hear my story? Just look at the writers of the four Gospels in the New Testament.  Each one told his story because he knew his story would help change lives.  Not everyone wanted to hear their stories, and not everyoneContinue reading “Questions You Have Asked: Why Would Anyone Want to Hear My Story?”