Christian Thoughts

The human race has been told that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).  This is not a sweeping pronouncement uttered without due consideration of every single individual since the creation of Adam and Eve: “the Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there are any who understand, who seek God” (Psalm 14:2) but the lamentable findings of His scrutiny are that “they have all turned aside [and] have together become corrupt” (Psalm 14:2) as well as “they have done abominable works [and] there is none who does good” (Psalm 14:1).  Even Christians who have already been baptised after accepting the Saviour are in no position to “say that we have no sin [for otherwise] we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us” (I John 1:8).   Arising from this irrefutable conclusion about the sinful state of mankind is the speciously relevant question idly discussed in Christian forums on whether the Son of Man, “coming in the likeness of men an

  The following biblical verses concerning submission to authority have often given pause to Christians ― especially those accustomed to modern-day democracies with national elections periodically held for deciding whether to retain or replace the people’s choice of government : •       “ Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities; ... whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God  …”     (Romans 13:1-2) •       “ Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the  Lord ’s  sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors  …”    (I Peter 2:13-14) •       “ Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities  …”    (Titus 3:1) •       “My son, fear the Lord and the king …”   (Proverbs 24:21) but this brief dictate from the Old Testament’s wisdom literature is not as substantive as the preceding verses which the apostles wrote prior to the mass persecution of Christians during Emperor Nero’s reign.   The directive penned by Paul is c

  After reading the account in Genesis 1 outlining God’s act of creation in the first six days of the universe’s existence, believers have at times wondered about the following apparent incompatibilities with known scientific facts: ●      the appearance of the first homo sapiens reportedly occurred much later than six days after the formation of the earth ●      there is no mention of dinosaurs being created during any of the six days although their fossils have been found in many different countries ●     astronomers on the SETI program are actively seeking signs of life in distant galaxies but the Bible is silent on the existence of planets other than the earth cited in Genesis 1:1. By extrapolation, other associated queries (like why Deuteronomy 4:19 identifies “the sun, the moon and the stars” among “all the host of heaven” but makes no reference to any of the planets) likewise prompt some to wonder whether the Bible is even accurate when scrutinised from a scientific pers

Genesis 12 records the very first time God freely offered to Abram (after the latter heeded His call to uproot from his country) the promise that the land to which He had led him would be given by Him to his descendants forever.  This promise is so important that God chose to  personally  repeat it to him in Genesis 13, 15 and 17 (as well as much later to Isaac in Genesis 26:4 and Jacob in Genesis 35:12).   Given the multiple repetitions of this divine promise, why then did Abraham’s descendants have to re-locate (during Jacob ’ s life-time) to yet another place when the “father of many nations” (Genesis 17:5) was already residing in the land hand-picked by God Himself?  Was it impelled by circumstances beyond their control (such as the devastating 7-year famine that struck all the regions)?  Was it due to Jacob’s longing to be re-united with his beloved son Joseph (who was supposedly killed some 20 years ago)?  Was it because of the need to venture elsewhere to find far more ferti