The belief that baptism is necessary for salvation is also known as “baptismal regeneration.” It is my contention that baptism is an important step of obedience for a Christian, but I reject baptism as being required for salvation. I believe that each and every Christian should be water baptized by immersion. Baptism illustrates a believer’s… Read more

 was recently asked a question about identifying the Holy Spirit. What a hard question! It certainly has encouraged me to continue my studies.The Bible declares that the Holy Spirit is God. You can be certain of yourself when you give your praise and admiration to God – the Father, God – the Son,  and God… Read more

Depending on your personal belief about God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, I share this study and information with all of you that do accept the Holy Spirit as God and to those of you seeking to understand more about the Holy Spirit – just as I am. Who is… Read more

Recently,  I was in a conversation with a good friend of mine who stated “It’s all about truth”. We weren’t able to resolve what was meant by the word truth during that conversation.This is my answer to him: Almost two thousand years ago, Truth was put on trial and judged by people who were devoted… Read more

Believe in the full diety and humanity of ChristBelieve in the substitutionary atonement and bodily resurrection of Christ Believe in salvation by faith in ChristBelieve in the physical return of Christ   Read more

Unlike the question “Does God exist?” the question of whether Jesus Christ existed is asked by relatively few people. Most accept that Jesus was truly a man who lived in Israel 2,000 years ago. The debate begins with the discussion of Jesus’ full identity. Almost every major religion teaches that Jesus was a prophet or… Read more

Who is God? – The Fact The fact of God’s existence is so conspicuous, both through creation and through man’s conscience, that the Bible calls the atheist a “fool” (Psalm 14:1). Accordingly, the Bible never attempts to prove the existence of God; rather, it assumes His existence from the very beginning (Genesis 1:1). What the… Read more

Whether God exists is one of the most basic and important questions any person can consider. Opinions about God abound, but answering the question does God exist? demands more than a few seconds of attention and involves a wide range of ideas and evidence. Ultimately, what we see in human experience, science, logic, and history… Read more

The First Church The ability to trace today’s many churches back to the first church through Apostolic succession is an argument used by several different churches to assert that their church is the “one true church.” The Roman Catholic Church makes this claim. The Greek Orthodox Church makes this claim. Some Protestant denominations make this… Read more

Can the Bible be Trusted? Christian Bibles borrow heavily from the Hebrew Tanakh and are broken down into different books. As I discuss below, different traditions count different books and order them differently. Here is the order used in most mainline Protestant Bibles, as those are the most common variety in the United States. The… Read more