[stextbox id="custom"]In yesterday's blog post I started to unravel the reality that God is in sovereign charge over every detail in this universe, which includes even the details surrounding Christians being persecuted, tortured, and martyred for their faith. We began trying to answer the
The Answer To Why Bad Things Happen To Good People
This is not the article I was planning to write. I would much prefer to dive right into the next one. I'm pretty excited about the upcoming, highly controversial topic found there, but I also know that the very thought of Divine Persecution causes many Christians to fidget and squirm in their
A Personal Testimony Of Salvation (Charles Specht)
[stextbox id="custom"]A personal testimony of salvation. Every genuine Christian has one. It stands without question and without debate. But the true beauty of a genuine believer's own personal conversion is never focused on themselves, the state is sinfulness they lived in, the circumstances
Why I Hope My Sons Grow Up To “Act” Like A Martyr
I'm praying that my three young sons will grow up to be just like Stephen from the Bible. Well, almost just like him, that is. You see, Stephen was the first Christian martyr of the early church in Acts chapter seven. He literally gave up his life for the glory of God. Stephen was many things in
The Christian Book You Haven’t Written. At Least Not Yet!
I bet you're writing a book right now. You're probably about half-way finished and you've been writing it for about two or three years now. But you probably also haven't touched it in the last few months. Am I right? Or maybe you haven't started writing "your book" yet...but you've been
The Importance Of Never Leaving Your First Love
I bet that if asked you whether or not you love God, you'd probably say "yes." And for genuine Christians, that is the God-honest truth. But what if I ask it this way: Do you always love God? I mean, are there times in your life when you question God, question His motives, and question whether He