Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
John Bunyan · Spiritual autobiography · 1666
…or theological conclusion carries divine authority. Conversion Assurance Grace Temptation Doubt Scripture Perseverance
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Faith, assurance, and the unseen reality of God
How Hebrews 11 portrays faith as present assurance in the unseen God, sustaining trust, honest inquiry, obedience, and endurance while fulfilment remains ahead.
Read article →“I Am the First, and I Am the Last”
Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…s 2:10–11 The paired knee-and-tongue language makes deliberate allusion beyond reasonable doubt. Greek Isaiah has kampsei pan gony—“every knee will bow”; Philippians has pan gony kampsē—“every knee should bow”. The change in verb form fits Paul’s purpose clause. Greek textual wit…
Read article →Every Christian Should Believe in the Rapture
The event is explicit; the real dispute is its timing
…should be tested carefully. But it should begin on common ground. The rapture is not the doubtful part of the discussion. Scripture plainly teaches that the living saints will be transformed and caught up together with the resurrected dead to meet the Lord. The event is explicit…
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Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation
…them. The challenge to produce a sūrah like it The Qur'an issues a challenge to those who doubt its origin: "And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your witnesses beside Allah if ye are…
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How the Lord knows His own—and how their lives bear His name
…They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us." —1 John 2:19 Visible association and spiritual reality are not always the same. The Lord knows His own. Over time, truth, perseverance and the direction of lif…
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Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
…disappeared centuries earlier. Surah 10:94 tells Muhammad conditionally that, if he is in doubt, he should question "those who read the Scripture" before him. Muslims commonly and reasonably take this as rhetorical reassurance rather than an admission that Muhammad doubted his re…
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Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…sincerely about finding discipline, brotherhood, certainty or reverence for God. I do not doubt that many genuinely believed they had discovered the truth. But then they would explain why they had left Christianity. The Bible had been changed. The Qur’an had never changed. The Tr…
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Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
…ent, each fragment should be handled cautiously. Arius's own letter, however, removes any doubt about the basic distinction he made between the Son and the uncreated God. The Nicene party believed that this scheme made Christian worship incoherent and salvation impossible. If all…
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Trusting God when voices seek to weaken our confidence
…He represented Hezekiah as a deceiver. He used knowledge of their religious life to cast doubt on their relationship with God. He even claimed divine authority for the Assyrian invasion. Then he offered the apparent comforts of surrender. There could be food, water, and a future…
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