2009-11-18T11:05:41-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/bible http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/18/have-you-read-the-entire-bible/ 2009-11-18T11:05:41-05:00 I recently came across a statistic claiming that only about 10% of professing Christians have read the entire Bible. Does that 10% include you? Why or why not? http://ivpress.com/hardsay/ 2009-11-13T09:45:10-05:00 A daily devotional with a twist from IVPress. Each day's devotional takes a look at a challenging, troubling, or hard-to-understand verse from the Bible and explains what we can draw from it. http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/16/why-should-we-trust-the-bible/ 2009-10-28T11:06:43-05:00 The Bible makes some very specific claims about truth and the meaning of life—so it’s clearly important to ask whether or not we can trust what the Bible says about these things. How would you answer that question? http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/23/our-posture-toward-gods-word/ 2009-10-28T10:51:58-05:00 We all have problems, and we want solutions. That’s why it’s so tempting to treat the Bible like a big book of answers. But is this the right way to approach the Bible? http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-avalanche-zone-5947 2009-10-27T09:11:33-05:00 The ultimate outcome of our sin will inevitably be death, the death of our self-respect, of relationships, of people's trust, our reputation, but worst of all, our eternal separation from our God in a place Jesus called hell. But the dying for your sin has already been done by Jesus Christ. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Timothy%203:16-17&version=NIV 2009-10-02T14:08:45-05:00 From this passage and others like it, Christians find the idea that Scripture--the Bible--is inspired by God and utterly reliable. The Bible is trustworthy and can be relied upon for all our spiritual needs. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/a-rattle-but-no-bite-2571 2009-10-02T11:09:56-05:00 You've been frightened and held back long enough by the rattle of a snake whose head is crushed. He has no bite - just a lot of noise! So, resist the devil, and he will flee from you! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/running-hard-in-the-wrong-direction-2586 2009-10-02T10:53:24-05:00 Could it be that some earth-stuff has become the central pursuit of your life? That's not what you were created to pursue. And right now Jesus is pursuing you, trying to intercept you as you run toward a goal that doesn't count. He's trying to get you turned around "to seek first His kingdom." He doesn't want the epitaph that goes with your name to be those two hollow words - "Wrong way." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/it-aint-over-2581 2009-10-02T10:32:03-05:00 You can't tell what God is going to do for a wonderful finish to this game. God has a way of hitting a bases loaded, grand slam home run in the bottom of the ninth with two outs - if you don't give up before that harvest comes! I just hope you don't miss that grand finish because you gave up on the game too soon! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/verbal-vomit-2546 2009-10-02T10:19:42-05:00 If people bled physically every time we wounded them verbally, I wonder what kind of a trail some of us would leave? It's time to listen to ourselves; to face the hypocrisy between our spiritual image and our private trash talk; to seek the forgiveness of the people we've hurt; to make our mouth the new frontier for the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Maybe then what comes out of our mouth will not only make us feel better, it will make them feel better too.