Easter Sunday is coming, which has a lot of people thinking about resurrection from the dead. Two Sundays ago, I preached on how Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been dead (and smelly) for 4 days (John 11). This was the straw that broke the camel’s back for the religious leaders to […]
Suffering & Living Like this World is Heaven
Suffering is one of the most common reasons people doubt God. If God is so loving, how can such bad things happen? Trite statements by Christians only make this worse: Something good will come out this, just wait. God has a purpose for everything. Something good will come out of rape, child abuse, or the […]
Episode 33: Dr. Ravi Zacharias on Truth, Disagreement, Islam and Feb. 7th & 8th free events at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University
Dr. Ravi Zacharias and Abdu Murray are coming to Michigan this week for “Ask Anything” events, sponsored by Cru. These events are free; you will want to attend and bring as many friends as you can. Episode 33 of the “Behind the Curtain” Ministry Podcast features an interview by Noah Filipiak with Dr. Ravi Zacharias. […]
Why all religions aren’t the same, and why it’s so good they aren’t!
There are two groups who think all religions are the same: the informed and the uninformed. The informed have done a general study of the main religions and have concluded that they share the same central tenants or that God is too big to put in a box so he/she/it must be larger than any […]
Psalm 46 is a Gift for those who Struggle with Depression & Anxiety
Too often in Christian circles it’s taught that if you have faith, pray and obey, God will take away your problems. If you are worried, give those worries to God and he will solve them. If you’re going through a challenging time, God will fix it. Things typically don’t work out this cleanly in real […]
From the Gospels: trending Bible verses on money, the poor & “consumer church”
Let the Scriptures speak… What trend do you see? Is it the same trend or a different trend than you see in America? In the American Church? Matthew (Jesus, Mary and Joseph were immigrants / refugees) Matt. 2:13-15 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. […]