Tag: God

August 26, 2010 / / The Bible

As has been shown in earlier entries on this site, prophecy provides proof that 1) the prophet of old prophesied truth, and thus 2) spoke of the future in a way that no man, apart from the power of an all knowing being, could. Therefore, we can deduce that if the prophets of old were confirmed by what they spoke, there must be a Higher power providing these men with the ability to foreknow. 

July 29, 2010 / / God, the Father

By over-generalizing God’s nature or character, we can form false impressions.  As an example I cite the oft stated summation, “The God of the Old Testament was a God of judgment and condemnation.”  Is this an accurate statement?  How would we reconcile such a statement with Hosea 11:1-4?

May 10, 2010 / / Apologetics

1. What is the origin of the universe?  The current consensus of Science is that the entire cosmos (including time and space) came into existence at a precise point in the past.  All of our observations, equations, and physical laws testify to this point.  Given this troubling possibility that the universe may indeed have a finite beginning, consideration must be given to these questions: “Why is there something rather than nothing?” and “Where did it all come from?”  If the cause of creation was not God, what was it? 

November 30, 2009 / / Apologetics

As a self-sustaining, everlasting being, God has no need to change. Temporal things may improve and strengthen or deteriorate and weaken. God cannot do any of these. There is nothing to improve upon and He cannot worsen.