The Narrow Path Ministries

Hi Matt, There appears to be a very simple answer suggested by Hodge. Paul is referring to Numbers 25. The Rabbis, Philo, and Josephus gave the total as 24,000, Paul 23,000. Both are correct because they rounded off a number that was between the two; nothing depended on the number being precise. The...

Hi Dane, You wrote: Furthermore, in "The Shack" God is portrayed as a God who suffers with his people. He hurts when we hurt. He is beside us when we suffer, suffering with us. My question: Does the Bible portray God in that way? Rather than suffering with us, perhaps empathy is a better explanation...

Hi Suzana, Sean, and Paidion, Thank you for your thoughtful replies! Regarding the mean folks at the other site, I was reading a post titled "Rich Christians - An Oxymoron?" at Peterants (I found it when I Googled "Rich Christians"). Someone posted his thoughts, one of which set off another poster w...

Consider the following: A. There is a Christian man whose total income is below the poverty line. For this example, let's say he gives 10% of all his income. He has a very modest lifestyle, but is completely satisfied, that is, he has every possession he desires. In his mind he lacks nothing; there ...

Hi Steve,

Just a curiosity, but I was wondering if you do much prep for debates or do you "wing it" as with the radio program?

God bless, Homer

Hi Jill,

I posted Hick's comments in reply to Paidion's story about the death of another missionary.

You wrote:

......nor is the author here for comment.

But I am here for comment; Hick's view is the same as my view of the matter.

God bless, Homer

Paidion, Steve, et al, John Mark Hicks has written an excellent book, "Yet Will I Trust Him; Understanding God in a Fallen World". Hicks faith was shaken at the sudden death of his first wife in her youth. They had dedicated themselves to be missionaries and were preparing to go to Eastern Europe. T...

Paidion wrote: Conclusions: Since God is not malevolent, but fully loving, then the atrocities which occur in this life are not the results of God's doing, either actively or passively. To believe that such atrocities are, in fact, God's doing is tantamount to ascribing moral evil to God's character...

Steve, Paidion, et al, Consider what James says: James 4:13-15 (New King James Version) 13. Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14. whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life...

Hi Paidion, You wrote: So even though the spiritual gifts, such as knowledge, prophecy, and tongues will pass away, faith, hope and love will remain. They will never pass away, never end. 13. So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I have never understood how thi...