I am leaving Minnesota tomorrow in the afternoon and can’t wait to see my first audience in St. Petersburg! In fact, my first event — two hours after landing at LED — will be a radio show and I will not be able actually to see my audience. Later that same day, however, I am teaching my first class at St. Petersburg Christian University on the “Historic Foundations of Christian Faith” — with full visual contact with real 3D students!
Please pray for a restful redeye flight, with smooth connections and transfers all the way.
Archives for November 2019
A 3:15 Response: Fulfilling Jesus’ Heart
Part Three: “My REASONS”
By Dr. Don Bierle, FaithSearch President
“Why do you believe in God?” the atheist may ask. Skeptics often challenge Christian believers with the questions, “Why do you trust the Bible?” and “Why do you believe that Jesus is God.” Even family members may ask, “How can I know there is life after death?” Your answers (or lack thereof!) to these why questions is “My Reasons.” It is part three of a series I call “A 3:15 Response,” which has appeared in recent issues of this publication.
[Read more…]Bible Jottings: November 2019
The True Thanksgiving Spirit
My Bible has a caption over Psalm 100, “A Psalm for Thanksgiving.” Verses four and five are familiar to many of us:
[Read more…]Enter His gates with thanksgiving, And His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him; bless His name.
For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting,
And His faithfulness to all generations.
For Reflection #1: November 2019
A Child-Sized Christmas Miracle
How awesome and ironic to think that the creator of the universe became a small, helpless baby. In his book, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, Alfred Edersheim (a nineteenth century Jewish convert to Christianity and biblical scholar) aptly put it this way:
[Read more…]For Reflection #2: November 2019
What Excites Angels?
There is no pretense in the Bible that the events surrounding Jesus’ birth were natural, everyday occurrences. Instead they reveal God’s intervention into history throughout. No less than twenty-four supernatural events are recorded covering a period of less than two years.
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