The Basics 3b – The Inspired Bible
The Bible we hold in our hands is special for one reason. It is like other ancient writings in that someone scratched an ink-laden tip across a piece of parchment…
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The Basics: 3a The Bible Library
Our next section in this review of The Basics of Christian Faith will consider the Bible. What is the Bible? How did it come to be? What is its role…
The Basics 2f – God’s Response to Humanity’s Mess
The riddle of humanity seems like a hopeless mess. Whether we admit it or not, everyone is broken and has failed the potential of our creation in God’s image. But…
Humanity’s State
Let’s recap the puzzle pieces we have so far concerning the riddle of humanity. The first piece recognizes humanity’s creation in the image and likeness of God. The second piece…
Humanity’s Conflict
The crux of the riddle of humanity is the blending of two conflicting truths. On one hand, we are all created in the image of God. On the other, we…
Dale’s Rules of Life : How Many Apples Are In a Seed?
I have these rules for life. This happens to be the sixteenth in the list. It also happens to be one gleaned from a sign. Many years ago my family…
Humanity’s Flaw
It doesn’t take long to observe that something’s wrong with humanity. Somehow, it simply isn’t living up to the promise of being created in God’s likeness. Yes, there are flashes…
The Basics: 2b Complete Humanity
In each person are several tightly connected pieces. Our bodies are wonderful in their design. We are an adaptable and resilient complex web of cells, organs, bone, and blood. But…
The Basics: 2a Humanity Created
Humanity is like a complicated and contradictory riddle. Humans can be kind, gentle, loving, and self-sacrificing one moment but spiteful, destructive, hateful, and self-centered the next. We among all the…
The Basics – 1h God is Creator
The Bible begins with this revelation of God, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1, NASB95) To explore this attribute of God we won’t delve…
The Basics – 1g God is One and Trinity
A look across the many religions of mankind reveals some stark similarities and differences. For some god is a force of nature. Others worship many gods, each with their own…
The Basics – 1f God is Love
Everyone has an attribute or two that defines them. An innate quality that is the keystone for their entire life. For human beings, this could be something wonderful or awful,…