What Kinds of Prayer Does God Answer?

Prayers that God Answers

Three Keys to Effective Prayer

September 28, 2017 - Learn three keys to effective prayer-- being righteous and keeping God's commandments, asking according to God's will and priorities, and being persistent.
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Prayer is Not a Blank Check in Jesus' Name

September 29, 2017 - When God promises to answer prayers "in His name," He is not actually giving us a blank check to ask for anything we want. Let us interpret scripture with care.
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Are Faith and Science Compatible?

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Doubting Ussher's Creation Date of 4004 BC

August 22, 2017 - Learn why the six "days" of creation may be longer than 24-hour days, as some early church fathers believed.
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If God Created the World, Who Created God?

August 21, 2017 - If the universe began to exist in the Big Bang, then it is a contingent thing that needs an explanation outside of itself, for nothing only begets nothing.
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How to Calculate the Improbability of Evolution

August 18, 2017 - Follow a sample calculation for the probability of forming a single functional protein by chance, considering all lottery events since the universe began.
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New Reasons to Doubt Darwinism

August 15, 2017 - A single cell has more complexity than Microsoft Word and chicken and egg dilemmas like which came first—protein or DNA? Learn about these and other challenges to evolution.
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Arguments for God's Existence from Design

August 14, 2017 - Precision, complexity, purpose, and information may stem from design. Consider, for example, the fine-tuning of cosmic constants for life.
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Can We Trust the Bible?

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Can We Trust the Bible?

Why Biblical Prophecy is Compelling

September 5, 2017 - Learn why biblical prophecies may be the strongest proof of Christianity. Consider evidence they were not backdated, manipulated, nor misinterpreted.
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Examine Evidence for the Bible

September 8, 2017 - Consider evidence for the Bible, including independent historical sources, manuscript preservation, eyewitness accounts, and endorsements even by critics.
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Why Does God Permit Suffering?

Problem of Suffering

Benefits of Suffering Seen in Retrospect

August 16, 2017 - A temporary struggle transforms caterpillars into butterflies. Consider various metaphors like this that show us the wisdom of the maxim, "No pain, no gain."
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Philosophers Answer the Problem of Evil

August 14, 2017 - If evil is caused by free will, do we really want free will? Why doesn't God intervene more? Is God fair to judge those who have not heard about Him?
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Learn to Cope With the Five Stages of Grief

August 16, 2017 - How can we cope with evil and pain? Does God really care? We will consider five stages of grief in the Kubler-Ross model.
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How Justice and Mercy Meet at the Cross
August 15, 2017 - Learn how Jesus' suffering on the cross satisfies the seemingly contradictory demands of justice and mercy.
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Notable Quotes on the Problem of Evil
August 15, 2017 - Memorable quotes and useful bible verses on the problem of evil, drawing from philosophers like C.S. Lewis
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Assurance of Salvation

Assurance of Salvation

We may be taught that salvation is by faith alone, but not every kind of faith saves. What differentiates saving faith from the faith of demons? Is salvation possible without repentance and obedience? Can we accept Jesus as Savior without accepting Jesus as the Lord of our lives? You may be surprised to know how many notable Christian thinkers agree that mental belief in a few facts is not enough for salvation. What is that extra ingredient that transforms mental belief into saving faith? [To be continued...]

Will the Church Go Through Tribulation?`

Overcoming End Times Deception

The end times views of preterism and pre-tribulation rapture have one thing in common— they give us the false hope that the church will not face a future Great Tribulation. According to these theories, either the great tribulation has already occurred (preterism) or the church will escape it beforehand (pre-tribulation rapture). However, is this really what the Bible teaches? The early church adopted historic pre-millenialism, which includes a post-tribulation rapture. Learn how to use the Bible to support the early church's view and examine how the newer theories contradict the Bible and interpret Bible verses out of context. [To be continued...]