How Does the Holy Spirit Work?</h1> <article> <h1>How Does the Holy Spirit Work?</h1> <p>gravitek — Tue, 29 May 2012 03:33:08 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to” (<a title="Bible Gateway" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=NIV&passage=Acts+16%3A6%2C7" target="new">Acts 16:6,7</a>).<br /> <p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/holy-spirit/his-work-series/how-does-holy-spirit-work" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>How did God become a man?</h1> <p>gravitek — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:17:54 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Questioning God?</p><p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/jesus-christ/christ-among-us-series/how-did-god-become-man" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Human Wisdom vs The Gospel</h1> <p>waj — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:08:42 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>1 Corinthians 1:25 The foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom.<br /><br />Author David Platt, in his book, Radical, tells the story of what happened when he was standing outside of a Buddhist temple in Indonesia. As he stood there, he got into a conversation with two people—a Buddhist leader and a Muslim leader. Both of them embraced what seemed to be very reasonable belief. They believed that, while there were superficial differences among the major religions, all of them basically taught the same thing. Then they asked David Platt what he thought.<br /><p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/bible/trusting-bible-series/human-wisdom-vs-gospel" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Why memorize Scripture?</h1> <p>gravitek — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:52:00 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Child: “Why do I have to memorize this Bible passage?”<br /> Parent: “Because it is important.”<br /> Child: “Why?”<br /> Parent: “Because it is God’s Word.”<br /> Child: “But why memorize it?”<br /> Parent: “Because I said so!”</p><p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/bible/trusting-bible-series/why-memorize-scripture" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>How Does God take care of my needs?</h1> <p>gravitek — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:51:42 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>What do you need? I suppose the answer to that query all depends upon the person on the other end of the question. Ask an orphan in Guntur, India. Ask a young mom with two toddlers. Ask a hospitalized diabetic. Ask the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. What do we need?</p><p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/creation/preservation-series/how-does-god-take-care-my-needs" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>How Do I Make a Decision for Christ?</h1> <p>gravitek — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:28:24 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>I’m not very good at making difficult decisions. I remember standing over a college application, trying to decide what area of study to enter. I remember lying on my bed, staring at the ceiling, trying to decide if the car I had just test-driven would be my first car. I remember staring at dozens of real estate listings and actuary tables, trying to decide which house, if any, would be my first home.</p><p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/grace/actions-god-series/how-do-i-make-decision-christ" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Don’t all religions lead to God?</h1> <p>gravitek — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:06:24 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>"All roads lead to Rome."</p> <p> When people said that hundreds of years ago, they knew perfectly well that the sentence didn't mean what it literally said. There were roads between London and Cambridge that did not continue to Rome. You could walk away from Rome even on the roads that led to it.</p> <p> What did people mean by "All roads lead to Rome"? One thing is that the Roman civilization was famous for road-building. They were good at it. Some of their best roads still exist today, over two-thousand years after they were built. </p> <p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/church/church-bodies-series/don%E2%80%99t-all-religions-lead-god" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>How do I know my faith is real?</h1> <p>gravitek — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:04:22 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>There are different tests documented to determine that which is real and that which is not. People have bitten into gold coins, pinched themselves, and examined official papers to determine authenticity. The training the United States Secret Service undergoes in their quest to insure that our paper currency is real can serve as an example for answering this question.<br /> <p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/faith-and-good-works/certainty-series/how-do-i-know-my-faith-real" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>How can simple water do such great things in baptism?</h1> <p>gravitek — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:33:24 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>It is amazing that God promises blessings like forgiveness of sins (<a title="Bible Gateway" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=NIV&passage=Acts+2%3A38%2C39" target="new">Acts 2:38,39</a>) and eternal life (<a title="Bible Gateway" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=NIV&passage=1+Peter+3%3A21" target="new">1 Peter 3:21</a>) from the action of water in baptism touching a person. You might think that the water must somehow be special, almost magical.<br /> <p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/holy-spirit/his-work-series/how-can-simple-water-do-such-great-things-baptism" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>I'm Too Busy to Go to Church!</h1> <p>gravitek — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:29:24 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>"Are you going to church this morning?" Mary asked her mother. "Oh, no!" her mother replied. "I have way too many things to do! I just don't have the time."<br /> <br /> It's amazing how busy our lives are. What is even more amazing is how much we can miss because we are so busy. <br /> <br /> Jesus had a very close friend who was very busy. Her name was Martha. Jesus had come to her home for a visit, and Martha wanted to prepare a special meal for him. She was busy with the meal preparations and she was irked that her sister Mary was not helping her.<br /> <p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/church/attendance-series/im-too-busy-go-church" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>How Do I Find God?</h1> <p>gravitek — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:12:54 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p> How do you find Atlanta? You could go to a public library and ask for a map. You could surf the internet for road directions. You could ask a family member for help. Or you could use Global Positioning System’s navigational technology. This technology is now standard equipment in many new cars or on-sale at most electronic stores. Using thirty satellites positioned 10,000 miles above the earth that transmit signals to earth-based GPS units to determine location and direction, GPS helps us get from point A to point B.<br /> <p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/grace/actions-god-series/how-do-i-find-god" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Hallelujah!</h1> <p>waj — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:59:47 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 118:1</p><p>Maybe you’ve heard these words spoken at the end of a dinner prayer. Maybe you’ve heard one of your “church” friends say them, and thought: “Good?!? Enduring love?!? Oh really! Show me.”</p><p>Oil flowed into the Gulf of Mexico like water over Niagara Falls. Anarchists revolted at a meeting of the world’s leaders and set police cruisers on fire. “God is good? He has enduring love? Show me.”</p><p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/grace/actions-god-series/hallelujah" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Does God have a plan for my life?</h1> <p>gravitek — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:51:36 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>"You're never alone or without help."<br /> <br /> That could be the opening line on the website of OnStar, a company offering to protect and assist you while you drive.<br /> <br /> OnStar combines sophisticated global positioning with wireless technology to offer attentive, personal service for drivers. For instance, it can provide directions to a motel or even check on you when your airbag deploys.<br /> <p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/grace/actions-god-series/does-god-have-plan-my-life" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>What is Hell Like?</h1> <p>jduran — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:09:10 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Most people think they know what hell is like. Ask them on a blast furnace August day how hot it feels. Search Google for graphics featuring hell and flaming infernos will fill your screen. The terrors of war are compared to hell. As is terminal disease, divorce, and a dysfunctional workplace.</p><p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/creation/heaven-hell/what-hell" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Do Christians Have to Tithe?</h1> <p>jduran — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:22:04 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>In your question you use the words “have to.” These are words that express a forced motivation, an obligation. When a Christian gives any amount to the work of the church, it is done out of a sense of thankfulness and appreciation to God for all that He has done for us. A Christian gives to support the ministry of the church because he wants to, feels privileged to do so, not because he “has to.”</p><p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/church/attendance-series/do-christians-have-tithe" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Sure and Certain of the Unseen</h1> <p>jduran — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:34:17 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1</p><p>It is amazing that with only a few clicks on a computer, we can dramatically alter photos. Such capabilities have led us to be a bit more wary. We find ourselves saying, “Unless I see it with my own eyes, how can I believe that it hasn’t been touched up? I’ll believe it when I see it.”</p><p>Often this cynical attitude can touch our spiritual life. How can I believe that God loves me and knows what is going on in my life considering all troubles and disappointments I have to deal with?</p><p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/faith-and-good-works/certainty-series/sure-and-certain-unseen" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Can God take my guilt away?</h1> <p>gravitek — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:51:09 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.<br /> 2 Corinthians 5:21</p> <p>“I wish I could take it all away,” Mom whispered to her suffering five-year-old son. He had the flu for a couple of days now, and Mom’s heart was broken. As he lay in his bed suffering from the chills and a fever, there wasn’t much Mom could do except give him some children’s flu medicine and just be there for him. Mom felt helpless and wished she could take it all away from him. She even wished she could have the flu instead of her son.</p> <p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/grace/actions-god-series/can-god-take-my-guilt-away" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Is God Up There?</h1> <p>gravitek — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:39:48 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." - <a title="Bible Gateway" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=NIV&passage=Genesis+1%3A1" target="new">Genesis 1:1</a><br /> <br /> “God, if you are up there, please show yourself to me.” Have you ever said that to God? Wouldn’t it be great if God just came down and showed himself to us?<br /> <p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/bible/trusting-bible-series/god-there" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Unchanging Hope for an Ever-changing World</h1> <p>gravitek — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:26:26 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>A WhatAboutJesus.com article on Jesus' unchanging nature.</p><p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/jesus-christ/christ-among-us-series/unchanging-hope-ever-changing-world" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>How Could God Send Someone To Hell?</h1> <p>gravitek — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:18:31 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>How could God consign anyone to hell? The fair response to that question is to ask another. Who are we to judge the perfect God’s dealing with our lack of perfection? For us to decide how to punish our sins is simply too self serving. It’s no different than asking prison inmates to determine their own sentences.<br /> <p><a href="http://whataboutjesus.com/grace/actions-god-series/how-could-god-send-someone-hell" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>