We have already seen some of the bad news, and there is more to look at. However, there are also many very positive advantages which come from being a Christian. Though I’m determined to tell you all the bad news and to leave none of …
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We have to focus on the bad news first
My objective in the rest of this book, is to set out for you as clearly as I can what the Christian message is, so that you can make an informed choice. However, before I can tell you the good news that Jesus Christ came …
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How does God resurrect people?
I would also just mention, in passing, that in my experience people often get confused as to how exactly God can manage to resurrect people whose bodies have decayed away centuries ago. Some people’s bodies have even been cremated and so are totally obliterated. Many …
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Resurrection bodies
Moreover, all of us, whether we are Christians or not, are going to be physically resurrected one day, as Jesus was – we will all be given resurrection bodies which will be physical but also eternal. Christians will be given resurrection bodies and will live …
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Eternal life
You and I, and everybody else, are eternal. That is the case whether we want to be or not. The Bible says that we are made in the image of God. That has many implications, but one of them is that we are eternal. This is …
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More detail about God’s Judgment
Please consider all the following passages which make clear that sin, judgment and the need to repent are major recurring themes throughout the Bible. I want to demonstrate that I am not exaggerating or basing what I say on just one or two verses, taken …
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The need to check everything for yourself in the Bible
I urge you to read what I say with caution. Do not just casually assume that what I say, or what anybody else says, must be true because it’s in a book. Check it carefully for yourself in the Bible. Be like the people of Berea …
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What is “religion”?
I have just used the word “religion”. It is a much misunderstood word. Real Christianity is not a religion. Christianity is God’s one and only way of reaching out to lost people who need His mercy and forgiveness as a free gift. “Religion” is the many different …
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The “apparent church”
In the Western world therefore we see, by and large, a spineless, and biblically illiterate church. It is too weak to be a witness to our world and too unimpressive to be able to teach or preach effectively. One could call it the ‘apparent church’. It …
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There are many problems and errors in Protestant churches too
The Protestant denominations arose in the “Reformation” of the sixteenth century. They are called that because they protested against many of the false teachings and practices of Roman Catholicism. The nonconformists went even further in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and were in some ways even more …
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