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What Do Christians Think?
Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 17, 2001 (message contributor)
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1. What Do Christians Think About God?
Contributed on Jan 17, 2001
Five key concepts Christians believe about God made understandable to seekers.
Back in the mid 1960s TIME magazine’s cover stated that God was dead. Yet God stubbornly refuses to show any signs of rigor mortis. Over 30 years after TIME magazine’s obituary of God, 95% of Americans said that they still believe in the existence of God. But when it comes to defining exactly ...read more
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2. What Christians Think About The Bible
Contributed on Jan 17, 2001
Five key concepts about what Christians think about the Bible for seekers investigating the Christian faith.
If you take away the Bible, and you’ve taken away the entire Christian message. Yet lot of confusion exists today about the Bible. According to a 1996 Barna survey, 42% of Americans say they believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. Yet almost half of Americans believe that the Bible is ...read more
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3. What Christians Think About The World
Contributed on Jan 17, 2001
Five key concepts about what Christians believe about the world for seekers investigating the Christian faith.
Is life nothing more than a roulette wheel? Are the life circumstances you and I face nothing more than random, chance events bouncing into our lives like a ball randomly spins on a roulette wheel? A roulette wheel is driven by chance. In fact, if it’s not, they say the wheel is rigged. Is life on ...read more
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4. What Christians Think About Jesus
Contributed on Jan 17, 2001
Three key concepts about who Jesus is for people investigating the Christian faith.
It seems like the more popular a celebrity gets, the more other people want that celebrity’s special endorsement. Consider Michael Jordan, who makes more money each year in endorsements than he makes playing basketball for the Bulls. Everyone wants Michael’s seal of approval, and he makes $38 ...read more
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5. What Christians Think About The Cross
Contributed on Jan 17, 2001
Four word pictures about the death of Jesus for people investigating the Christian faith.
My wife committed her life to Jesus Christ while she was a junior in high school. Shortly after she became a follower of Jesus Christ, she had a conversation with a friend who was a Jehovah’s Witness about whether or not a Christian should wear a cross. Her friend reasoned that since the cross was ...read more
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6. What Christians Think About The Holy Spirit
Contributed on Jan 17, 2001
Four freedoms the Holy Spirit brings explained for people investigating the Christian faith.
Robert Duvall wanted to make a movie called The Apostle back in 1983 (Newsweek 4/13/98, 60). He wanted to make The Apostle because he felt that the motion picture industry had mostly ignored the work of the Holy Spirit in American religion. According to Duvall, "Filmmakers hardly ever depict ...read more
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7. What Christians Think About The Church
Contributed on Jan 17, 2001
Four word pictures about the church for people investigating the Christian faith.
Back when I was a college intern here at LBF Church, we sent some college students on a short-term missions trip to London. While they did street ministry in London they stayed in an abandoned church in downtown London. You see, London is littered with abandoned churches that were once packed with ...read more
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8. What Christians Think About The Future
Contributed on Jan 17, 2001
Four key concepts about what Christians believe about the future for people investigating the Christian faith.
People today are fascinated with the future. The future represents uncertainty, it’s something we can’t control or accurately prepare for, so we’re often anxious about the future, and many people try to find ways to get an edge on what tomorrow holds. This is what’s made psychic hotlines a $300 ...read more