Various ministers may in a sermon claim that Christians will become the Bride of Christ in Heaven, or that “the Church” will marry Jesus. The language may take some aback. There are various strange sounding things in the Christian faith that sometimes need to be unpacked. What is meant by this, the Church being the bride of Christ, is rather a bit of word play. Through the New Testament Saint Paul explains that the Church is the Body of Christ,…
Where are you in your faith? Faith has many layers. Maybe you’re at the level of “a baby Christian” having just been introduced to “the faith”. With Data Point One you have a head start at faith, because you can see that God has allowed stories to propagate from the afterlife with a number of people. In Heaven, God is pervasive, shining from His throne as the sun does here in the bright of day. And on Earth, God is…
What is the value of a religion where you get to sin and not be sorry? It’s a recipe to go to hell.Humanism is generally anti-religious, and was formed as a way to seek to separate philosophy and ethics from religion. As such, it fails to honor God, and fails to honor the Ten Commandments, and other religious law. Effectively Humanism is another lie of the devil, which leans on so-called naturalist beliefs including the debunked theory of evolution. It…
Creationism is a word ascribing the belief that the God of the Bible created the Earth, the universe, and all nature. Looking at Data Point One we see that Christian faith is fact. It is the truth. It is reality attested to by over a thousand people who have had a near death experience and came back alive, being given a second chance. In Pastor John Burke’s book Imagine Heaven, he’s interviewed almost 1500 people of all faiths, all around…
As a new Christian you still need to work on doing better. The mercy of God isn’t a license to sin and get away with it. That’s the wrong way to look at it. Rather, it’s a grace of God to be forgiven. You need to be contrite, which is to say that you are genuinely regretful. You should understand your failing and have regret – remorse. Humans are messy, and Christians are a work-in-progress. Perfection is sort of an…
We grown adult humans, in the absence of proper religion towards God are forsaken, or you might put it another way as condemned. Going about on our way with the absence of a notion of purity and resisting corruption and evil aspects of our life we’re faced with — such a person is probably going to hell when they die, and that’s not anything to take lightly. Eternity in an afterlife of separation from God, and anything good, is not…
Part 1 Bishop Robert Barron of Minnesota has a wealth of wisdom he has for years posted on his Word on Fire YouTube channel, as well as his personal channel. In one video four years ago leading up to the 2020 election, he touches on politics as it relates to the Christian voter. He said of the social values of Christianity, that it does not fit neatly into either of our political systems in the USA. Consider these positions traditionally…
In Christian tradition stemming from the fathers and doctors of the Catholic church, through studying of scriptures distinct virtues were discerned. Due to their basis in the Catholic church some various other Christian churches, through a bias, may not see the correctness in teaching virtues as their own study of correct behavior. Or in Catholic upbringing the individual virtues might not even be drilled down on. The virtues tend not to be emphasized in preaching, although maybe they should be….
Start praying before every meal, even if you just think it, even if you don’t close your eyes, to give God thanks for your food. As a child I was taught, “God is great. God is Good. Let us thank Him for our food. Amen.” As a child I also learned this prayer of thanks. Adapt it to whichever meal you are giving thanks for, and if you are alone or in a group. I thank you Heavenly Father for…
You will need to start praying to God. Jesus prayed to God the Father who we tend to address as our Heavenly Father in prayer, or God, or Lord, or Lord God. You should feel remorse for your past sins and ask God for forgiveness of all of your sins, and with commitment, He will forgive you. If you ask forgiveness for a sexual sin, adultery, and then a week later you commit adultery again, your forgiveness from the week…