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by William Lane Craig

I have been a Christian for over thirty years. I estimate that in my Christian lifetime I have attended upward of a couple of thousand church services, hundreds of chapels at Wheaton College, and scores of Christian meetings at retreats, conferences, and so on, held by Campus Crusade and other groups. Yet during this entire time I have never once—not a single time in…

How many times have you read or heard it said: "God's love is unconditional."  The Bible says that God created us in his image (Gen1:27), that God is love (1Jn4:8), and that he sent his only son to die for us because of his great love (Jn3:16).…

My dear beloved,

I am Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God.

I am writing to God’s online community for Christ (AAG or simply TheNET), to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did for all people everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and…

Jude 1:20,21

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to…

Romans 8:11 (NIV)

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit…

Peter Bergen

CNN Security Analyst

OPINION

(CNN) -- There have been Christians in the Middle East since the time of, well, Christ.  Now that two millennium-long history could be in danger.  Islamist thugs have …

God loves you.

The Twenty-third Psalm is quite possibly the most familiar of all scripture.  It is the quintessential expression of confidence in God and its portrayal of overcoming turmoil of all sorts, shadows and fogs of every depth, is coupled so well with the image of Jesus the shepherd.  The human predicament is presented without any illusion that we are above pain, loneliness, lostness.  Yet, we are given a confident…

The compelling story of the Transfiguration of Christ is found in all three of the first Gospels (Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36).  It is an almost unbelievable…

Reading and understanding the Bible can be a challenge. Often, we're not sure how its writings from 2,000 years ago apply to us today.   This article provides a helpful primer for how to read the Bible for all it's worth. A practical three-step process for proper biblical interpretation: 1) What did it mean then? 2) What is the timeless truth taught? 3) How does it apply to us today?

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The single greatest division that exists in Christianity today is arguably between two groups with fundamentally different ways of seeing and reading the Bible.

• Is the Bible the written "Word of God," or "a word about God?"
  
  
  
  

Traditional/Orthodox Christians: On one side, are traditional/orthodox…

        "God has given me this new life," said a thankful and courageous Malala, a 15-year-old Pakistani girl and victim of a Taliban assassination attempt.  "I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated."

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What is Hinduism? One of the world's oldest religions with a pantheon of gods, colorful festivals and nearly 1 billion adherents.  But that's not all. "Hinduism is an odd religion. It works very well as a way of life but no longer works as a faith. It's too old, too corrupt, has moved too far from its raison d'être. For the educated urban Indian, Hinduism is a cultural rather than religious identity. ... But there…

Jesus calls out to us--his lost. There’s no better time than now to pause for a moment and ask ourselves, “Am I headed in the right direction in my life? Does Christ live in me? Am I dead to sin or dead in it?”

Sin is not well understood. It is one of those words that is thrown around a lot in Christian circles. Sometimes it is even hurled…

Don’t be afraid. Have faith. God loves you!

Now, I know we all claim to believe this stuff, but how many of us really believe in our heart of hearts that it’s God’s greatest desire to give each of us the kingdom? (Luke 12:32)  How many of us really believe that God knows, loves and cares about each of us individually, intimately, and…

The Holy Scriptures include four Gospels.  Each, written by a different author, is an account of the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ.  In many respects and to a large extent, they relate the same chronology and set of facts about Jesus' earthly ministry.  Each confirms that Jesus is the Christ or Messiah, pointing to his resurrection as the ultimate proof that he's the Son of God.…

        Etched on the minds of many Christians (myself included) are these compelling words of Lord Jesus: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).  

        I'd like to focus on one of these words: life.  Jesus says he is "the life."  He's talking about the…

Mike Huckabee, Fox News commentator and former Arkansas governor, says that removal of school prayer and the Bible from public classrooms is partly to blame for the horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut, this morning.  There, a lone gunman reportedly shot and killed 27, including his mother and 20 children, before taking his own…

Who, or what, is Jesus?

Emmanuel (Immanuel)--God is with us (Mt1:23;Is7:14).  God who took on our human nature, lived among us, suffered and died on the cross for the sins of the world, and was resurrected and a short time later…