Faith First Media

Modesty

by Ian Riley

IanRiley@FaithFirstMedia.com

Before you read this, I'd like you to pray, genuinely, that God would give you an open mind, and a soft heart, so that as you read, you're not hardened against His scripture, or the things that I'm going to attempt to express.

Some of this, of course, will be my own opinion, some o...

The Problem of Evil

by Matthew Elton

copyright 2009 Matthew Elton

matt@faithfirstmedia.com

How could a loving God allow evil to exist?

Evil was brought into the world through sin (disobedience to God) not by God’s will, but by human decision.

Why didn’t God stop Adam and Eve from sinning?

Jesus Fulfilled the Law

by Matthew Elton

copyright 2009 Matthew Elton

God gave Moses the Hebrew Law - recorded in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy - as a set of rules for all Jews (descendants of Abraham) to observe. Yet Paul writes in his epistles that obeying the Law isn't necessary anymore.

This is not a contradiction. Yes, Jesus said taught his disciples to observ...

Churchology vs. Christianity

by Matthew Elton

copyright 2008 Matthew Elton

Like atheism, true Christianity is a minority in the United States and the world. Agnosticism has become the official religion of the United States, not Christianity or atheism. In my high school, anyone who believed in something was persecuted. Anyone who believed in God was persecuted. Anyone who believed there is no...

Baptism

By Dr. John H. Roller

Nowadays most evangelical Christians practice “baptism by immersion.” By definition, this is the act of completely submerging an individual in water as a testimony to his or her commitment to live a Christian life. It is usually performed by an ordained (or licensed) minister, and accompanied by a formal statement such as, “Upon profession of your faith in...

Robbing Yourself

by Dr. John H. Roller

One of my favorite “internet legends” tells of a man who hijacked a car and forced the driver (at gunpoint) to drive to various ATM’s in the city so he could withdraw money from his own bank accounts. (I tried checking this story out on www.snopes.com, but I couldn’t find it). The point was – how stupid would the guy have to be to thin...