Christian Theology and Doctrine
Basic Christian Concepts
- Basic Christian Theology Quiz - Test your knowledge of Christian theology
- Pew Forum Religious Knowledge Quiz - How much do you know about the world's religions?
- History of the Bible: How The Bible Came To Us - Manuscripts 101 - Where do they come from and why are there so many different "versions" of the Bible?
- What Is Christianity? - Just another religion?
The Godhead
(Triunity or Trinity)
- Who is God?
- Who is Jesus Christ?
- The Trinity: The Oneness and Plurality of God
- Three Persons of the Godhead - How is that possible?
- The Triunity (Trinity) of God in
The Old Testament
- The Father is God
- The Son is
- Holy Spirit is God
- The Importance of the Holy Spirit in the Life of Christians
- Knowing God: How Can I Experienced God Personally? - Is church attendance mandatory or optional?
- One God - Three persons, but only one God
- God's Names - reveal God's Identity, Constitution, Nature, Character, Essence
- Is God Male? What Does the Bible Say?
- Is Jesus God? - biblical and non-biblical evidence
- Creeds of the Church (not necessarily scripture)
Becoming right with God
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Salvation in the Bible - a continual
process-
Justification - a work by
the blood of Jesus Christ
- By the grace of God
- through faith, not works
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My Attorney - A modern
parable of salvation through faith in Christ
- Going to Heaven Are We? - Many people believe they can earn their way to heaven by doing good works. However, we can never attain the holy standards God demands, which is why He redeemed us by His grace (gift) in His Son, Jesus Christ.
- Did Jesus Command Baptism in Order to be Saved? - A commentary on John 3:5-7
- Water Baptism... Is it Necessary for Salvation? by Eric English (off site)
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Forgiveness of Sin - Offered to all
people
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Forgiveness: Why Judaism Fails to Understand God - Forgiveness of others is not optional for the Christian
- Redemption - A work of God
- Sanctification - A work of the Holy Spirit in a willing believer
- Consecration - A radical
commitment to Jesus Christ
- Brownies with a Difference - A good example to read to your kids (or actually do it!)
- Many are Called, But Few Are Chosen - God is inviting you to salvation. If you refuse the invitation, you will not be chosen for heaven.
- Is Confession Necessary for Forgiveness of Sin for the Christian?
- Eternal Security of the Believer: Once Saved Always Saved?
- Have Christians Already Overcome Satan? - The Importance of the Word of God in the Life of the Believer
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Nothing Unique About the Teachings of Jesus Christ?
- The radical teachings of Jesus Christ
- Prince of Peace - What Peace? - Does this mean Jesus was to bring world peace or some other kind of peace?
- The Pattern Of Redemptive History In Both The Old And The New Covenant As It Relates To The Moral Law by Wes Ringer
- Why Do Christians Lie So Much? Truth and Christianity
- The Confession of Saint Patrick
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Is
Living Together Before Marriage a Good Idea?
- Is it Okay for Christians to Engage in Premarital Sex Before Marriage?
- The Proverbs 31 Woman: Why She is Not the Ideal Christian Wife
- Dancing with the Broom: Your Worth in the Eyes of God vs. How Others See You
- Who Was Noah? - Noah believed God at a time when everybody else was practicing extreme evil
The Love of God
- God's Outrageous Love - An earthly story to illustrate the truth about God's love.
- What is Love as Defined by the Bible? - How the Bible defines true love.
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The Greatest Love Of All - No, it's not
yourself!
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The New Commandment That is Old - Can
you love everyone?
- Tiger Under the Big Tent - Why would the God of the universe come to earth as a man?
Heaven and Hell - real places?
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What Will Heaven be Like? Radically different physics and living
- Many are Called, But Few Are Chosen - Did you get your invitation?
- Going to Heaven Are We? - Just be better than most other people?
- What Happens to Infants and Children Who Die? Do Babies Go To Heaven?
- What Happens to Christians Who Commit Suicide? Do They Go To Heaven or Hell?
- Will There be Marriage in Heaven?
- Do All Dogs Go to Heaven? Will Our Pets Be With Us in Heaven?
- What Will Hell be Like? Trust me, you don't want
to go there
- A Loving God Would Not Send Billions of People to Hell, Would He?
- Why Would God Create a Person Who Would be Destined for Hell?
- It Isn't Fair That God Judges People Who are Born Into Buddhist, Hindu or Other Non-Christian Homes
- What will happen to the people who have never heard of Jesus Christ?
- Who is Satan?: What Does the Bible Say About the Devil?
- Have Christians Already Overcome Satan? - The Importance of the Word of God in the Life of the Believer
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Spiritual Death - Physical
death is the least of your worries!
- The Bible Says Hell is a Place Located Under the Earth: An Atheists' Myth
Adam and Eve
- Was Adam With Eve When She was Deceived by the Serpent?
- Why Wouldn't God Want Adam and Eve to Have Knowledge of Good and Evil?
- Was Adam Created as an Immortal Being?
- Was Evil and Suffering a Result of Adam's Sin?
- Out of Africa or Out of Eden: Does Science Contradict the Bible?
- The Origin of Mankind and the Races
End of Days Prophecies, Rapture, and Christian Tribulation
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Book of Daniel Prophecy: End of Days Bible Study of the Prophet Daniel by H.L. Nigro - What the Jewish scriptures tell us about
the end times. - Will Christians Go Through the Great Tribulation? - What did Jesus say? Pre-tribulation rapture refuted.
- Will Christians Suffer the Wrath of God? - The wrath of God is directed against non-believers after they persecute the Church during the Great Tribulation.
- The Persecuted Christian Church - A history of hatred against Jesus and His followers.
- How Close are the End Times? - Speculation about possible scenarios to usher in the end times.
- Book Review: The End Times Passover: Etymological Challenges to Millenarian Doctrines
- Book Review: Why Christians Will Suffer "Great Tribulation"
- Book Review: Left Behind Answered Verse by Verse
- Book Review: Earth Turns Heaven: The End and Beyond
- Book Review: The Origins of Left Behind Eschatology
Calvinism vs. Arminianism
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Predestination vs. Free Will - Is It One or the Other?
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Does God Offer Forgiveness of Sin to All People or Just Believers?
- Why Would God Create a Person Who Would be Destined for Hell?
- Four Views on Divine Providence Book Review
| Lesson # l: | "What is the Bible?" |
| Lesson # 2: | "How to Know the Bible" |
| Lesson # 3: | "Who is Jesus Christ?" |
| Lesson # 4: | "The Work of Christ" |
| Lesson # 5: | "The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit" |
| Lesson # 6: | "The Attributes of God" |
| Lesson # 7: | "Answered Prayer" |
| Lesson # 8: | "Confession and Forgiveness" |
| Lesson # 9: | "The Christian Walk" (Part 1: Principles of Position) |
| Lesson #10: | "The Christian Walk" (Part 2: The Christian Walk Described) |
| Lesson #11: | "The Church and Ministry" |
Related Sections
- Christian Life Issues - Are you sure your theology or views on world issues are biblically based?
- Prolife Pages - Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life
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Truth of the Bible - Can we
be sure that the Bible is the Word of God?
Resources for Bible Study
Miscellaneous
- The Singularity Movement: Why the Singularity Won't Be Coming Any Time Soon
- The Real 2012 Prophecy: Mayans, Nostradamus, and Planet X, Oh My!
- Tim Tebow: Does God Really Care About Football?
- Do All Dogs Go to Heaven? Will Our Pets Be With Us in Heaven?
- Who Were the Nephilim and Sons of God? Demons or men?
- How Did the Egyptians Perform Magic Turning Sticks into Snakes?
- If You Throw a Frog into Boiling Water He Will Jump Out? - Frog leg soup, anyone?
- Battle Hymn of the Republic: What do Those Words Mean?
Reflections
We are what we think.
- 01/15/2019 04:00 PM
Scientific Discovery and God: The Universe, Part 1
How did the universe come into being? The last century has revealed a stark contrast between what secular scientists expected to find regarding the big “origins” questions and what scientific research actually uncovered. In part 1 of this series, I’ll discuss how this contrast played out concerning the origin of the universe. In future installments I’ll consider, in turn, the origins…
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Addressing Skeptical Challenges, Part 2
I’m not sure if the internet and social media as a whole are either an intrinsic good or an intrinsic bad, but as technologies they do afford opportunities to discuss Christian apologetics issues. In part one of this series I responded to an objection by a skeptic who raised questions about what I wrote in “The Historic Alliance of Christianity and Science.” Here in part two I’ll address his other major objection…
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Addressing Skeptical Challenges, Part 1
Social media and the internet allow ample opportunities to discuss the truth claims of historic Christianity. A while ago I interacted with a skeptic who had some questions about an article I wrote, “The Historic Alliance of Christianity and Science,” in RTB’s former magazine Facts & Faith (vol. 12, no. 3).1 The skeptic viewed belief in God as nonsense in light of the problem of evil,…
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God’s Existence Best Explains Life’s Most Profound Realities
Can we justify concepts like logic, moral values, and universals from a naturalistic, atheistic perspective? Or do we need a transcendent grounding like historic Christianity’s explanation for these meaningful realities? Using a type of abductive logical reasoning (referred to as an inference to the best explanation), I’ll illustrate how five profound realities are plausibly explained by Christian theism. Accounting for Five Meaningful Realities…
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The Difference between Mystery and Contradiction in Theology
The God of the Bible is infinite and eternal while human beings are finite and temporal. That means humans can never fully comprehend or exhaustively understand God.1 Yet those profound limitations do not mean human beings can’t know God or enjoy a personal relationship with him. Also, because many, if not all, of the things Christians believe about God involve mystery, it does not mean those beliefs…
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Virtue to Face the Challenges of Life
I have been very afraid at least four times in my life. On one occasion I fought a man who had attacked my wife in a dark alley late at night. On another, my daughter Jacqueline was extremely ill with a mysterious virus. A similar experience took place when my son Michael was struggling with serious health problems. And lastly, I was…
() - 12/04/2018 01:00 PM
Approaching End Times Prophecy with Care
One of the most controversial topics that the Bible addresses is eschatology. This theological term literally means the study of last things—popularly known as end times. Scripture speaks of both humankind’s past origin in creation as well as our future destiny in consummation. Yet rightly interpreting and properly understanding what the Bible teaches about the end of the world has proved difficult and controversial in…
() - 11/27/2018 01:00 PM
Take Up and Read: Nicomachean Ethics
I am writing this ongoing blog series on Reflections to encourage Christians to read more vigorously and enrich their lives with Christian classics in such fields as theology, philosophy, and apologetics. Hopefully, a brief introduction to these Christian texts will motivate today’s believers to, as St. Augustine was called in his dramatic conversion to Christianity, “take up and read” (Latin: Tolle lege) these…
() - 11/20/2018 01:00 PM
How JFK and C. S. Lewis Influenced My Life
Two men I’ve been reading about for virtually my entire life but for very different reasons died on the exact same day. For more than 50 years, I have been learning about the life and thought of both President John F. Kennedy and Christian thinker and author C. S. Lewis. What follows is a brief biography of these two twentieth-century…
() - 11/13/2018 01:00 PM
Take Up and Read: C.S. Lewis’ Case for the Christian Faith
I am writing this ongoing blog series on Reflections to encourage Christians to read more vigorously and enrich their lives with Christian classics in such fields as theology, philosophy, and apologetics. Hopefully, a brief introduction to these Christian texts will motivate today’s believers to, as St. Augustine was called in his dramatic conversion to Christianity, “take up and read” (Latin: Tolle lege) these excellent…
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