by Tony Arcus | Nov 22, 2023 | 31 Days, Faith and Reason
We have a murder mystery…. Someone brutally murdered Jesus, but who? RomansThere is an obviousness to this murder in the three or four or five Roman soldiers at the summit of Golgotha, throwing dice for the clothes of a naked man up on a cross. This man, Jesus,...
by Tony Arcus | Sep 28, 2023 | Faith and Reason
Evident within them. If God made it evident to them, and God is true, then every unbeliever is a liar. The act of denying creates a character structure in them. Their sense of being becomes tied to their denying, and the denial becomes a defining part of who they are,...
by Tony Arcus | Sep 27, 2023 | Faith and Reason
Jesus, mad, bad or God? Preachers. Mad Bad Or preachers of Jesus as God How can you tell what kind of a preacher a person is? Are they a follower of Jesus or a promoter of themselves? Are they deluded? Are they a cult? You will know them by their fruit.The...
by Tony Arcus | Sep 23, 2023 | Faith and Reason
Three Things. I am not telling you anything you do not already know or believe. Rather I want to affirm in you those things we talked about the other day that you do need to focus on. Jesus first.Not popular media Jesus, or some western Jesus, or church Jesus. But...
by Tony Arcus | Aug 25, 2023 | 31 Days, Faith and Reason
A Tale of Three Cities, Part One My Grandfather was a Mason, meeting in a small nondescript hall (Waihenga St John’s Masonic Lodge) in the town of Martinborough. Supposedly he had a high rank.My dad got invited by my grandfather to become a Freemason but turned...
by Tony Arcus | May 24, 2023 | Faith and Reason
What is Discipleship? Grace is free and un-earnable. Discipleship will cost us our lives. Compared to the value of the grace, the cost is nothing. He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. Jim Elliot. What is discipleship? It is agreeing...