I was in high school when a Muslim friend asked me where in the Bible Jesus Christ said he was God or should be worshiped and I simply had no answer. I did not know back then just how popular this question is among Muslim apologetic circles. Muslims are trained from a very young age to challenge Christian beliefs and to defend their own. Christians sadly aren't accorded this sort of preparation. In a world where truth is constantly disparaged, norms questioned and beliefs scrutinized, Christians need to be better equipped to stand up to these challenges. Unfortunately this isn't the case. Ask any Christian (child or adult) a theological question and they'll be hard pressed to offer a satisfactory answer. This is an area we should all strive to improve on. Of course Jesus is not explicitly quoted in the Bible as saying that he is God or that he should be worshiped, but that's not the only way in which truth is established. Doctrines, like all truth, aren't built on s...

No force is more clandestinely deceitful, irreparably destructive and intrusively addictive as sin. Sin is not just something we do. It is a destructive force. It has a mind of its own and is unwittingly deceitful. That's what we are up against - we shouldn't underestimate our enemy - and that's what we have to overcome. Sin is the source of all the suffering in the world. And, worse still, it wars against the soul (1 Peter 2:11). Sin presents itself as something that satisfies the soul while in real sense it wars against it. Hebrews 3:13 warns us against being "hardened by the deceitfulness of sin." Ephesians 4:22 warns us against deceitful desires. Our enemy has one device, a lone trick up his sleeve: deception. Sin comes draped in the mantle of necessity, need, urgency, natural inclinations or unavoidable urge but its aim is to get us to depend on something, love something or trust something other than God and His Word, all the while it whispers in our hears, ...

Will there be any stars in your crown? This is actually a good question that should preoccupy our minds every wakeful hour. Those who just want to make it to Heaven will not enjoy it enough should they get there. Paul tells us to "run in such a way as to get the prize"  in 1 Corinthians 9:24. The christian life is likened to a journey, a fight and a race. A journey must have a predetermined destination. In any war or race, there must be winners and losers; victors and the vanquished. The crown of life that we all seek is given on merit; it is given to the overcomers, otherwise it would have no meaning at all. There is this beautiful hymn " Will There Be Any Stars" written in the 1890 by E. E. Herwit who poses the question we are dealing with here. James 1:12 says  Blessed is the man that endure temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him (NKJV). In order to get this crown of life, we mus...

Christianity has been around for sometime now yet it is still a religion beset with divisions and splits based on differences in understanding and application of its major text; The Holy Bible. Like any other book, the Christian Bible can obviously be misunderstood and misquoted. I am a Christian and even though I cannot claim that my understanding of the Bible is perfect, I do certainly know some obvious glaring mistakes in understanding and application of certain verses. In this post I have compiled a list some of the most obviously misquoted Bible verses. And allow me to say this upfront. "God helps those who help themselves " is not a Biblical verse.. 1. And seven women shall take hold of one man (Isaiah 4:1) - This is by far the most misunderstood verse in this collection. The full verse actually says in the New King James Version: And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called b...