Here are some good reads to start your week.
3 Ways to Help Muslims Understand the Cross
Very helpful and informative, take a look. “Though the historical question of Jesus’s death is undeniably central, when it becomes the center of debate it obscures an underlying theological question: “Why did Jesus die on the cross?” The logic of Jesus’s atoning sacrifice is rooted in the Old Testament book of Leviticus as the author of Hebrews demonstrates.
Indeed, neglecting the Old Testament sacrificial system may lead our Muslim friends to misunderstand our commitment to Jesus’s atoning death in at least three areas.”
5 Ways to Teach Kids to Apply Scripture
The apostle Paul says everything in the Bible was “written to teach us” (Rom. 15:4). Because the Bible was written in various times and contexts, we are left with the challenge of figuring out how God’s Word applies to us. Or as David Powlison said, “Your challenge is always to reapply Scripture afresh, because God’s purpose is always to rescript your life.”
How do we go about the process of applying the Scripture to our own lives? Here are five general ways that you should teach kids.
Saying “No Thanks” to Political Correctness
What if Christians became a true “city on a hill” amid the earthly cities where we increasingly hold the minority view? What would this look like for this minority view to also become known, by religious and secular people alike, as the most life-giving view?
4 Promises to Christians about The Resurrected Body
Let’s look at four Scriptures that speak of what God has promised, marvelous promises throughout the Bible about the resurrection of the body.
The trap is subtle. What Satan continues to do today is what he originally did in the garden: substituting a version of rival facts in place of the real thing. Every sinful decision you and I make begins with the satanic question, “Did God really say . . . ?”
Josue Aguilar 