Apologetics: Two Reasons Not to Use When Sharing Your Faith
Your experience of the living Jesus and the internal claims of Scripture may be true and meaningful–but, when it comes to showing your faith, neither one is particularly helpful.
Do I believe the Bible to be God’s inspired Word? Certainly! But remember: the Christian faith is not only known but also shown. We’re called not only to know what we believe but also to be able to show reasons why our beliefs are true… When it comes to the people to whom we’re sharing the gospel, if the... Continue Reading
The Mormon View of Salvation: A Gospel That Is Truly Impossible
Salvation comes through Christ’s work on the cross; it’s about what He did for us. Mormonism places an oppressive burden squarely on what people must do.
Forgiveness of sins provides the Christian peace that passes all understanding. By using the approach we’ve presented here, you will be challenging the Mormon to explain why Christians should surrender their assurance of forgiveness for something that the Mormons only wish they had. A doorstep encounter with missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ... Continue Reading
Top 50 Stories on The Aquila Report for 2014: 1-10
Numbers 1-10 of top 50 articles for 2014
In keeping with the journalistic tradition of looking back at the recent past, we present the top 50 stories of the year read on The Aquila Report. That’s easy for us to determine – we just count the hits! We will present the 50 stories in groups of 10 to run and the five lists... Continue Reading
What Would Jesus Say to Someone Like Leelah Alcorn?
What to say to a 17-year-old high school student who apparently committed suicide after a difficult journey with confusion over gender identity
It is heart-wrenching to know that a young person was so overwhelmed with pain that their only response was to stop living. That should mean something. Whether you’re LBGT, Christian, liberal, conservative, religious or otherwise—we are humans and a tragedy like this should lead us to stop, weep, pray, and take notice. For me, it made me... Continue Reading
Whither Messianic Judaism?
American Messianics are mostly right-wing Evangelicals who honor Judaism in their worship and support Israel financially with an eye towards the End Times.
My unprovable, possibly far-out, but hopeful belief is that Jews will some day accept Messianic Jews as their own, and that this brave example will help inspire people all over the world to creatively re-think long-held categories and narratives in a conscious and positively transformative way. Jesus may or may not be personally involved in... Continue Reading
Top 50 Stories on The Aquila Report for 2014: 11-20
Numbers 11-20 of top 50 articles for 2014
In keeping with the journalistic tradition of looking back at the recent past, we present the top 50 stories of the year read on The Aquila Report. That’s easy for us to determine – we just count the hits! We will present the 50 stories in groups of 10 to run and the five lists... Continue Reading
Top 50 Stories on The Aquila Report for 2014: 21-30
Numbers 21-30 of top 50 articles for 2014
In keeping with the journalistic tradition of looking back at the recent past, we present the top 50 stories of the year read on The Aquila Report. That’s easy for us to determine – we just count the hits! We will present the 50 stories in groups of 10 to run and the five lists... Continue Reading
Don’t Worry, I Picked Your New Year’s Resolution: Family Worship
Family worship will only be as meaningful as our personal worship is strong
So how do we make personal and family worship healthy, balanced and meaningful? Of course, we must practice it in the first place. But then, the Westminster Shorter Catechism #3 gives two simple questions we can ask of any biblical passage we read: 1. What does this passage teach us about what we should believe about God?... Continue Reading
5 Religious Guinness World Records Smashed In 2014, And 5 To Shoot For In 2015
Guinness World Records in 2014 in the religious area
More than 1,000 angels, shepherds and worshippers — along with the requisite camel, donkey, sheep and tiny baby Jesus — joined together in Provo, Utah, to set a record for the most living figures in a Nativity scene. The event’s 1,039 participants breaks the previous record of 898, set in the United Kingdom in 2013. ... Continue Reading
Top 50 Stories on The Aquila Report for 2014: 31-40
Numbers 31-40 of top 50 articles for 2014
In keeping with the journalistic tradition of looking back at the recent past, we present the top 50 stories of the year read on The Aquila Report. That’s easy for us to determine – we just count the hits! We will present the 50 stories in groups of 10 to run and the five lists... Continue Reading
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