Our Journey With God
Many people believe in “God,” but we need to know what “God” we believe in. Why? Because if we believe in the wrong God, we may regret it after we die. The true God is three Persons in one God, a mysterious Being whose existence is beyond us but who has revealed that much about himself in his Book, the Bible, which shows God’s history and teachings. He is, therefore, a Trinity; the second Person of God came to earth in the body of Jesus to live a perfect life, die as our Substitute on the cross to give us forgiveness, and rise from the dead to give his people eternal life.
If you want to find more-in-depth knowledge about faith in God, you can check out my “Spiritual Resources.” If you have ever experienced a fierce thunderstorm with a lot of lightning, you know its power. If you escaped a lightning strike, why did you survive its might? Well, the Bible says that God created everything including that storm. He allows but doesn’t cause the damage that tornadoes create. Why does he? He wants his wandering creation to return to him …
If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out my spiritual self-care. Do you want suspense, humor, and thoughtfulness in the same book? The title of Divided Together 2084 shows that in this mystery novel, two criminologists, a Christian and a Muslim, team up in their attempts to catch violent criminals, while they discuss their differing beliefs. Thus, it is a thoughtful mystery novel. It is set in a fictional A.D. 2084 Muslim country …
If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. Is seeing always believing? When I sit to eat meals at my condo’s front window with the blinds down, I look through the opening between two blinds and move my head from side to side. I see six windows together in the house across the street. I also see two smaller trees next to the curb and two larger trees near the last condo …
If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. God’s Eye Nebula in outer space If you know people who think that the Force is God, give them my mystery novel Divided Together 2104. I’ve been doing research on the ideas, believed by some people, that God is in everyone and that God is the same as everyone. Their concept is that I am God and that all I need to do is …
If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. “How can the God of the Bible be one God and the only true God? Isn’t that thinking narrow-minded? Don’t all religions believe in the same God? How can Jesus be so exclusive as to claim that he’s the only way to God?” Such questions are asked by doubters of the Christian faith. My answers follow: First, God is one God, not three or …
If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. Many people think of the Holy Spirit as a power of God, an “it.” However, the Bible’s language is really clear that he is a Person. Jesus in John 14, 15, and 16 makes three separate predictions about the Holy Spirit’s coming from him after he returns to the Father. His language is unmistakable that he would send “another Counselor” or “Comforter” to his …
If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. Some people have said that Jesus never existed. However, four well-preserved documents show that they are wrong. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John have written independent accounts with different purposes for their audiences describing the history of Jesus’ life and ministry. Other people describe Jesus as just a good, well-meaning, human teacher. However, the problem with that idea is that because he claims that he …
If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. Whether or not our fathers were available when we were growing up, we all had fathers. However, God is very different from earthly fathers. The God revealed in his Bible is the perfect Father. Our earthly fathers were very imperfect. My father was available on the weekends as a traveling salesman and manager. He never perpetrated any physical or emotional abuse on us three …
If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. The Bible in Proverbs 6:6 says, “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!” On the face of it, God is saying that we should be busy with our productive activities like ants. However, the context of the verse has a wise father giving his son wise advice. The son has entered into an unwise relationship and agreement with someone. …
If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. At this writing, the world is going through a pandemic which is driven by a deadly virus called COVID-19 because it started in 2019 in China. It’s deadly because up until now, we have had no vaccine to stop it. It mostly attacks the lungs and respiration so that people die within a short time if they do not have immunity levels high enough …